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In this talk, Dr. Dean Falk challenges the idea that stone tools and hunting were the driving forces behind early human brain evolution. Instead, she proposes that botanic inventions such as baskets, combined with the development of bipedalism, significantly shaped human cognition and culture over millions of years.
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The Botanic Age is brought to you by The Leakey Foundation and the Houston Museum of Natural Science and made possible by the generous support of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Camilla and George Smith, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
In this talk, Dr. Dean Falk challenges the idea that stone tools and hunting were the driving forces behind early human brain evolution. Instead, she proposes that botanic inventions such as baskets, combined with the development of bipedalism, significantly shaped human cognition and culture over millions of years.
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The Botanic Age is brought to you by The Leakey Foundation and the Houston Museum of Natural Science and made possible by the generous support of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Camilla and George Smith, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
