Cultural intelligence is key to explaining human tool use.
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.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04013 Germany. tennie@eva.mpg.de
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D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013672:Technology; D053001:Tool Use Behavior