Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci April 2011 PMID 21357228

Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures?

Francesco d'Errico, Chris B Stringer

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Discussions reflect a strong interest in the debate over human cultural emergence, with posts referencing theories like genetic mutations and cultural evolution, and citing recent evidence, which suggests a moderate but meaningful impact on ongoing research and perspectives. The tone indicates curiosity and respect for complexity but remains within scholarly boundaries, emphasizing the importance of evidence and the contested nature of these theories.

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The discussions highlight the significance of evolving interpretations in understanding human origins, though they are mostly confined to academic interest.

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  • The text discusses three main theories about how modern human cultures and cognition came to be: one suggests it was a sudden genetic mutation around 50,000 years ago, another proposes that cultural modernity developed gradually over hundreds of thousands of years, and the third argues that modern traits appeared in both our ancestors and other human species over time before becoming fully established.
  • It examines new evidence from Africa, Asia, and Europe to evaluate these scenarios and considers factors like climate and population changes that might have influenced the development and transmission of modern behaviors.
  • Overall, the article emphasizes the need for more research to understand how environmental and demographic factors shaped the emergence of modern human cultures.]

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Someone forgot to tell the makers of most of these beautiful things that they were living before the 'Upper Palaeolithic revolution'. https://t.co/tWc3qtByw9 https://t.co/siOCAUVJY0

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Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures? (2011) https://t.co/RjEIeywvLn

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Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures? (2011) https://t.co/RjEIeywvLn

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Policy Tensor
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@hal_incandenza4 @ChrisStringer65 Very contested question. See https://t.co/KY4YvygU6s for a review of the evidence.

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Zeptej se vědce
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Chris Stringer
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Chris Stringer
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Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures? (2011) https://t.co/RjEIeywvLn

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Chris Stringer
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Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures? (2011) https://t.co/RjEIeywvLn

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Policy Tensor
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@hal_incandenza4 @ChrisStringer65 Very contested question. See https://t.co/KY4YvygU6s for a review of the evidence.

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Policy Tensor
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@hal_incandenza4 BTW, the genetic-cognitive revolution that Chomsky-Berwick hypothesized — the origin of what I have called the Boas-Chomsky universal — has bc increasingly difficult to defend. See @ChrisStringer65 and d'Errico (2011) for a survey of the evidence. https://t.co/KY4YvxZR4s

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