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Animal cognition meets evo-devo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

R. Allen Gardner
R. Allen Gardner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology/296, University of Nevada, Reno, NV89557
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gardner@unr.nevada.edu
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Abstract

Sound comparative psychology and modern evolutionary and developmental biology (often called evo-devo) emphasize powerful effects of developmental conditions on the expression of genetic endowment. Both demand that evolutionary theorists recognize these effects. Instead, Tomasello et al. compares studies of normal human children with studies of chimpanzees reared and maintained in cognitively deprived conditions, while ignoring studies of chimpanzees in cognitively appropriate environments.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 699 - 700
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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