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Post-natal dependency as the foundation of social learning in humans

2025-03-21

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<p>Humans have developed a sophisticated system of cultural transmission that allows for complex,non-genetically specified behaviours to be passed on from one generation to the next. Thissystem relies on understanding others as social and communicative partners. Some theoreticalaccounts argue for the existence of domain-specific cognitive adaptations that prioritise socialinformation, while others suggest that soc...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/4b25t_v1

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