[On the convergence between humankind and Nature to create tools]

Fernand Gaillot; Pierre-Marie Lledo

doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2007.06.006

[On the convergence between humankind and Nature to create tools]

C R Biol. 2007 Oct;330(10):711-21. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.06.006. Epub 2007 Aug 23.

[Article in French]

Authors

Fernand Gaillot¹, Pierre-Marie Lledo

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire Perception et Mémoire, Institut Pasteur et CNRS, Paris, France.

PMID: 17905390
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.06.006

Abstract

The authors' purpose will be here to underline the continuity of the adaptative processes that make Homo sapiens, sometimes a brilliant inventor, sometimes a mere imitator, forging tools already conceived by Nature itself.

Publication types

English Abstract
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Creativity
Culture
Hominidae / physiology*
Hominidae / psychology
Human Characteristics
Humans
Information Dissemination
Language*
Nature*
Tool Use Behavior* / physiology