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Tools evolve: The artificial selection and evolution of paleolithic stone tools
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (3):419-419 (2002)
Abstract
I claim that the increase in complexity in the trace of Paleolithic stone tools can be parsimoniously explained by postulating the emergence of effective mechanisms for the social transmission of representations. I propose that Paleolithic tools, similar to more contemporary tools, were subject to a process of evolution by artificial selection based on functionalityOther Versions
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