Mechanisms of cognitive evolution of genus Homo
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[1] Tajo University Hospital
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- 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. 27, Nº. 51, 2019, págs. 1-22
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The objective of this work is to analyze the biological, social and environmental mechanisms that made possible the cognitive evolution of our lineage. To this end, an interdisciplinary study is proposed along with the most influential sciences on human behavior (evolutionary biology, neurology, psychology, neurolinguistics, social anthropology, etc.). Our purpose is not to delve into any particular topic within these sciences, but to coordinate their most recent data to establish a psychobiological and social model (functional structuralism) on our neurological and cognitive evolution, which will allow us to analyze the transformations—according to the archaeological record—from the beginning of the genus Homo to the present day. The main propulsor of these changes would be causal cognition as a neurophysiological mechanism that produce the evolutionary development of human cognition (social, emotional and technological). This process, based on the exaptative character of our brain, presents a clear co-evolutionary procedure that makes possible the emergence of human cognitive capacities.
