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SUMMARY:The Human Adaptation for Culture - Prof. Michael Tomasello: Max Pl
 anck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
DTSTART:20090514T160000Z
DTEND:20090514T170000Z
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CONTACT:Djuke Veldhuis
DESCRIPTION:As the opening lecture to the CRASSH symposium (14-16 May\, 20
 09): “Why aren’t the social sciences Darwinian?” held at the Leverhu
 lme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies\, Prof Tomasello will speak on T
 HURSDAY\, 14th of May at 5pm. This lecture is free and open to the public.
 \n\nHuman beings are biologically adapted for cultural life in ways that o
 ther primates are not. Humans have unique motivations and cognitive skills
  for understanding other persons as cooperative agents with whom one can s
 hare emotions\, experience\, and collaborative actions (shared intentional
 ity). The motivations and skills involved emerge in human ontogeny at arou
 nd one year of age\, as infants begin to participate with other persons in
  various kinds of collaborative and joint attentional activities (cultural
  practices)\, including linguistic communication. Chimpanzees understand i
 mportant aspects of intentional action – specifically that others pursue
  goals and perceive things relevant to those goals – especially in compe
 titive situations. But our nearest primate relatives do not seem to have t
 he motivations and cognitive skills necessary to engage in activities invo
 lving collaboration\, shared intentionality\, and\, in general\, things cu
 ltural.\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
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