Imitation, Communion, and Culture
Despite some physical similarities to our great ape cousins, humans are distinguished by big brains. Brain volume in humans is roughly three times greater than it is in apes.� Humans are also distinguished by their ability to create culture?tools, languages, art, institutions, societies, and governm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2011
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Mimesis and science
Year: 2011, Pages: 111-128 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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| Summary: | Despite some physical similarities to our great ape cousins, humans are distinguished by big brains. Brain volume in humans is roughly three times greater than it is in apes.� Humans are also distinguished by their ability to create culture?tools, languages, art, institutions, societies, and governments?culture that accumulates modifications over time. Humans transmit their cultural knowledge to subsequent generations, who adopt it and use it as a foundation for cultural innovations that they then pass on. Although nonhuman animal cultures (or proto-cultures) exist, such as seen in chimpanzee termite fishing in the Gombe Stream area,� their cultural practices are |
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| ISBN: | 9781628960969 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mimesis and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14321/j.ctt7zt5kb.9 |
