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What makes human culture unique?

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Evolutionary anthropologist presents innovative idea about why we are dominating the world over other animals.

Arizona State University : Why is human culture -- shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -- so much more powerful than animal cultures? Thomas Morgan : "Just like animal cultures, there are constraints that these systems run-up and halt their evolution".

It can accumulate but then it never has to stop, it just keeps going." Story Source: Journal Reference: - Thomas J. H. Morgan , Marcus W. Feldman . Human culture is uniquely open-ended rather than uniquely cumulative. Nature Human Behaviour, 2024 ; DOI: 10.1038 /s41562-024-02035-y Cite This Page:.

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89

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informal

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English

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59

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long-living

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