ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2011
Confrontational scavenging as a possible source for language and cooperation.
Article in BMC evolutionary biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Deception as a Derived Function of Language.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Review
- Toward major evolutionary transitions theory 2.0.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Article
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Abstract
The emergence of language and the high degree of cooperation found among humans seems to require more than a straightforward enhancement of primate traits. Some triggering episode unique to human ancestors was likely necessary. Here it is argued that confrontational scavenging was such an episode. Arguments for and against an established confrontational scavenging niche are discussed, as well as the probable effects of such a niche on language and co-operation. Finally, several possible directions for future research are suggested.
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