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Culture in the world shapes culture in the head (and vice versa).

Edward BaggsVicente RajaMichael L Anderson
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2019)
We agree with Heyes that an explanation of human uniqueness must appeal to cultural evolution, and not just genes. Her account, though, focuses narrowly on internal cognitive mechanisms. This causes her to mischaracterize human behavior and to overlook the role of material culture. A more powerful account would view cognitive gadgets as spanning organisms and their (shared) environments.
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