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| Title |
Causal Cognition, Force Dynamics and Early Hunting Technologies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00087 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter Gärdenfors, Marlize Lombard |
| Abstract |
With this contribution we analyze ancient hunting technologies as one way to explore the development of causal cognition in the hominin lineage. Building on earlier work, we separate seven grades of causal thinking. By looking at variations in force dynamics as a central element in causal cognition, we analyze the thinking required for different hunting technologies such as stabbing spears, throwing spears, launching atlatl darts, shooting arrows with a bow, and the use of poisoned arrows. Our interpretation demonstrates that there is an interplay between the extension of human body through technology and expanding our cognitive abilities to reason about causes. It adds content and dimension to the trend of including embodied cognition in evolutionary studies and in the interpretation of the archeological record. Our method could explain variation in technology sets between archaic and modern human groups. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 11% |
| Singapore | 1 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 11% |
| Sweden | 1 | 11% |
| Greece | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 78% |
| Scientists | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 43 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 43 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 12% |
| Professor | 5 | 12% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 23% |
| Unknown | 11 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 8 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 12% |
| Philosophy | 4 | 9% |
| Psychology | 4 | 9% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 19% |
| Unknown | 11 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 January 2024.
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#6,650,996
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#9,466
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#122,472
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#213
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