'Homo sapiens': who are we?essential traits of our species

  1. Eudald Carbonell
  2. José Maria Bermúdez de Castro
  3. Robert Sala
Revue:
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review

ISSN: 2174-3487,  2174-9221

Année de publication: 2018

Titre de la publication: Making Science. A multitude of perspectives

Número: 8

Pages: 106-113

Type: Article

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Résumé

In this text we analyse the traits, from their genesis, that constitute current human beings with the objective of characterising the biological and cultural evolution of humanity within the evolutionary framework of our genus. Paleoanthropologists organise our differential traits within the animal kingdom hierarchically: the ability to manufacture a wide range of tools and control fire, language, funeral rituals, etc. However, whether these increases in complexity occurred only in our species or if it is a process which other species have also undergone, or will undergo, remains to be explored.

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