Cultural intelligence is key to explaining human tool use

Claudio Tennie; Harriet Over

doi:10.1017/S0140525X11001968

Cultural intelligence is key to explaining human tool use

Claudio Tennie, Harriet Over

Psychology

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Abstract

Contrary to Vaesen, we argue that a small number of key traits are sufficient to explain modern human tool use. Here we outline and defend the cultural intelligence (CI) hypothesis. In doing so, we critically re-examine the role of social transmission in explaining human tool use.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	242-3
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X11001968
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012

Keywords

Animals
Humans
Psychomotor Performance
Tool Use Behavior
Cognition
Technology

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