La importancia de ser moderno.

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 p...

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Autores: Balari, Sergio|||0000-0002-2531-2161, Benítez-Burraco, Antonio|||0000-0003-4574-5666, Camps Serra, Marta, Longa Martínez, Víctor Manuel, Lorenzo González, Guillermo|||0000-0003-0821-281X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:119325
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/119325
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology
Cognition
Behavior
Language
Antropocentrism
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Sumario: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.