Gradualismo y equilibrio puntuado en el origen del comportamiento humano
- Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel
- Torre Sáinz, Ignacio de la
ISSN: 0514-7336
Year of publication: 1998
Issue: 51
Pages: 3-18
Type: Article
More publications in: Zephyrus: Revista de prehistoria y arqueología
Abstract
The traditional views on the evolution of human behavior have overemphasized some of the material aspects of culture, conceived as properly human. However, during the last years, the studies of apes have revealed the existence of these adaptive traits in other primates. This fact has seriously damaged the validity of such a materialist - biased approach (only what is left in the archaeological record is liable to be interpreted) as a clear-cut human diagnosis. Gradualist and punctuated explanations of the emergence of human behavior are mentioned as theoretical frameworks and the need of focusing such an issue from a socio-ecological consideration is proposed.