Origin and development of human cognition. exaptation, coevolution and cognitive emergence
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A B S T R A C T
The psychobiological mechanisms by which the genus Homo developed its cognitive abilities have focused on evolutionary genetics and the action of its particular social and cultural environment, but their concrete articulation is still far from being known. This study analyses how the culture of human niches takes on an especially important role in the cognitive development of human populations. The cultural and social mechanisms used to achieve the development of their cognitive capacities and even the beginning of new ones would be exaptation, co-evolution, and emergence. As an example of this evolutionary form, an analysis of causal cognition is proposed.
Keywords: Cognitive evolution; exaptation; co-evolution; emergence; Causal cognition.
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R E S U M O
Os mecanismos psicobiológicos através dos quais o gênero Homo desenvolveu suas capacidades cognitivas estão centrados na genética evolutiva e na ação de seu particular meio ambiente social e cultural, mas sua articulação concreta ainda está muito distante de ser conhecida. Neste estudo analisamos como a cultura dos nichos humanos adquire um protagonismo muito importante no desenvolvimento cognitivo das populações humanas. Os mecanismos culturais e sociais utilizados para alcançar o desenvolvimento de suas capacidades cognitivas, inclusive o inÃcio de outras novas, seriam a exaptação, a coevolução e a emergência. Como exemplo desta forma evolutiva foi proposta uma análise da cognição causal.
Palavras-chave: Evolução cognitiva; exaptação; coevolução; emergência; Cognição causal.
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R E S U M E N
Los mecanismos psicobiológicos por los que el género Homo desarrolló sus capacidades cognitivas se han centrado en la genética evolutiva y la acción de su particular medio ambiente social y cultural, pero su concreta articulación aún dista mucho de conocerse. En este estudio se analiza cómo la cultura de los nichos humanos adquiere un protagonismo muy importante en el desarrollo cognitivo de las poblaciones humanas. Los mecanismos culturales y sociales utilizados para lograr el desarrollo de sus capacidades cognitivas e incluso el inicio de otras nuevas serÃan la exaptación, coevolución y emergencia. Como ejemplo de esta forma evolutiva se propone un análisis de la cognición causal.
Palabras Clave: Evolución cognitiva; exaptación; coevolución; emergencia; Cognición causal.
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