In search of the uniquely human

Michael Tomasello; Malinda Carpenter; Josep Call; Tanya Behne; Henrike Moll

doi:10.1017/S0140525X05540123

In search of the uniquely human

Michael Tomasello, Malinda Carpenter, Josep Call, Tanya Behne, Henrike Moll

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As Bruner so eloquently points out, and Gauvain echoes, human beings are unique in their "locality." Individual groups of humans develop their own unique ways of symbolizing and doing things - and these can be very different from the ways of other groups, even those living quite nearby. Our attempt in the target article was to propose a theory of the social-cognitive and social-motivational bases of humans' ability and propensity to live in this local, that is, this cultural, way - which no other species does - focusing on such things as the ability to collaborate and to create shared material and symbolic artifacts. © 2005 Cambridge University Press.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	721-727
Number of pages	6
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05540123
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

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