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The promise of an ecological, evolutionary approach toculture and language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Edward Kako
Edward Kako
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1390 ekako1@swarthmore.edu www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/ekako1
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Abstract

Dichotomous definitions of culture and language do not generateproductive questions. Instead, more progress can be made byidentifying components of each that other animals might plausiblypossess. The evolutionary, ecological approach advocated by Rendelland Whitehead holds great promise for helping us to understand theconditions under which natural selection can favor similarcapacities in differently organized brains.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 338 - 339
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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