La importancia de ser moderno. Problemas de método e ideología en el debate sobre la cognición y la conducta de los neandertales

• Autores: Sergi Balari, Antonio Benítez Burraco, Marta Camps Serra, Víctor Manuel Longa Martínez, Guillermo José Lorenzo González
• Localización: Ludus vitalis: revista de filosofía de las ciencias de la vida = journal of philosophy of life sciences = revue de philosophie des sciences de la vie, ISSN 1133-5165, Vol. 18, Nº. 34, 2010, págs. 143-170
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  • Some scholars defend that Neanderthals displayed a fully modern behavior, and they contend that those who do not share such a view are biased by an anthropocentric stance. We argue that the defense of a cognitive and behavioral asymmetry between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans does not purport embracing an ideologically grounded position. In addition, we aim to explain that a methodological agenda, which we refer to as `radical continuism,' underlies such a non-scientific derivation of the debate on recent human evolution.