Language and Cooperation in Hominin Scavenging
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.11.009
Abstract: Bickerton (2009, 2014) hypothesizes that language emerged as the solution to a scavenging problem faced by proto-humans. We design a virtual world to explore how people use words to persuade others to work together for… read more here.
Keywords: hominin scavenging; language cooperation; language; cooperation hominin ... See more keywords