Evolutionary Origins of the Social Brain

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* Article / chapter: Evolutionary Origins of the Social Brain . Merlin Donald. Chapter 18 in: Social Brain Matters. Stances on the Neurobiology of Social Cognition. Brill, 2007.

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"Human beings are cultural entities. We share mind. We construct cognitive collectivities called symbolic cultures. Raised in isolation from such collectivities, we have quite limited, non-symbolic minds. Culturally isolated human beings are not much different from their large-brained anthropoid relatives. However, embedded in a cultural network from birth, human beings become something unique in the biological world: symbolizing intellects bonded to a community of minds."

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