CARTA: Tool Use and Technology: Leah Krubitzer - The Combinatorial Creature: Cortical Phenotypes Within and Across Lifetimes
CARTA: Impact of Tool Use and Technology on the Evolution of the Human Mind
CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (Audio) · UCTV: UC San Diego
December 5, 201814m 50s
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Show Notes
This symposium addresses the interactive gene-culture co-evolution of the human brain with tool use and technology - ranging from simple stone tools millions of years ago to computers today. The combination of genetic and activity dependent mechanisms that create a given cortical phenotype allows the mammalian neocortex to rapidly and flexibly adjust to different body and environmental contexts, and in humans permits culture to impact brain construction. Leah Krubitzer, UC Davis. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34192]
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CARTAevolutionLeah KrubitzerEvolutionSocial Science: Anthropology34192