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Complex forms of human thinking are present in animals and hominid ancestors
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Evidence from comparative psychology, animal cognition studies, and paleoneurology consistently supports the presence of complex thinking, problem-solving, and advanced causal reasoning in both non-human animals and hominid ancestors.

Evidence for · 7
The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids
2017 · cited by 48
Demonstrates the presence of a mental template and abstract thought in early hominids.
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Characterization of Stone Tool Use in Wild Groups of Critically Endangered Yellow‐Breasted Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus xanthosternos)
2025 · cited by 6
Characterizes stone tool use and cognitive capacities in wild capuchin monkeys.
The trait-specific timing of accelerated genomic change in the human lineage.
2025 · cited by 2
Examines genomic changes associated with cognitive functions in the human lineage and ancient hominins.
Causal affordances shape Hornbills’ problem-solving strategies
2025 · cited by 2
Reveals sophisticated problem-solving capabilities and insight in birds.
Wikipedia: Animal cognition
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Reference article covering this claim directly
OpenAIRE: Technology led to more abstract causal reasoning
2020 · cited by 0
Argues that technical engagement in hominins coevolved with advanced causal cognition.
OpenAIRE: Scientific Meaning of Meanings: Quests for Discoveries Concerning Our Cultural Ills
1998 · cited by 0
Notes biological evolution endowed the human brain with enormous latent powers for abstract ratiocination.
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  1. Wikipedia: Animal cognitionreferencesame source L1supports
  2. Wikipedia: Hominidaereferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Wikipedia: Evolution of human intelligencereferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Southern Illinois University Press: Evolutionary politicsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Harvard University Press: More than nature needs : language, mind, and evolutionreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. The Univ. of Chicago Press: The Evolution of Man: Man, Culture and Societyreferencesame source L4no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. [Chicago] University of Chicago Press: Evolution after Darwin; the University of Chicago centennialreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. University of Chicago Press: Evolution after Darwin : the University of Chicago centennialreferencesame source L4no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. University of Chicago Press: Evolution after Darwin ; the University of Chicago centennialreferencesame source L4no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Oxford University Press: An introduction to the study of manreferencesame source L6no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Oxford University Press: An introduction to the study of manreferencesame source L6no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business: Labeling or science-by-buzzwords: The semantic trap in academic research and how to get out of itpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Економіка, управління та адміністрування: The spiritual role of the UGCC in the formation of the Ukrainian nation and state: the state-administrative dimensionpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. Современные информационные технологии и IT-образование: DIGITAL ECONOMY: METHODOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS OF CONFIGURATION, PLANNING, MAINTENANCEpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  15. Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie: HUMAN CAPITAL AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  16. Current Musicology: Steingo, Gavin. 2016. Kwaito’s Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Presspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  17. Voices in Bioethics: Beyond Moral Regretpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  18. OpenAIRE: Technology led to more abstract causal reasoningpeer-reviewedsupports
  19. OpenAIRE: Memory and mental images in verbal deficit modificationpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  20. OpenAIRE: Thinking em processos de ensino-aprendizagem na contemporaneidadepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  21. OpenAIRE: Design Thinking em processos de ensino-aprendizagem na contemporaneidadepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  22. OpenAIRE: Do HCI researchers use computers?peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  23. OpenAIRE: Scientific Meaning of Meanings: Quests for Discoveries Concerning Our Cultural Illspeer-reviewedsupports
  24. The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominidspeer-reviewedsupports
  25. From fossils to mind.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  26. Fermentation technology as a driver of human brain expansion.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  27. Characterization of Stone Tool Use in Wild Groups of Critically Endangered Yellow‐Breasted Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus xanthosternos)peer-reviewedsupports
  28. The trait-specific timing of accelerated genomic change in the human lineage.peer-reviewedsupports
  29. Causal affordances shape Hornbills’ problem-solving strategiespeer-reviewedsupports
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