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Imitating and performing impractical actions is the key to learning complex cultural skills.
Over-imitation enables us to maintain a distinctively human culture.
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A growing number of cognitive scientists and anthropologists think that human beings survive and thrive because we imitate others and don’t think for ourselves.
Inexperienced learners can't judge which steps are relevant and must rely on the wisdom of more experienced elders and peers.
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The human brain shrank in size about 3,000 years ago. Scientists may have found an explanation by studying ants.
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