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Rice basket study rethinks roots of human culture
2015-11-26 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] A new study from the University of Exeter has found that teaching is not essential for people to learn to make effective tools. The results counter established views about how human tools and technologies come to improve from generation to generation and point to an explanation for the extraordinary success of humans as a species. The study reveals that although teaching is useful, it is not essential for cultural progress because people can use reasoning and reverse engineering of …
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