Tools made us human. The role of technology in the biological and social evolution of the Homo genus

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https://doi.org/10.24197/st.2.2018.1-25

Keywords:

Huma evolution, culture, tools, brain

Abstract

Disciplinary tendencies are, in the field of science, difficult paths to avoid. Few readers interested in sociology will stop to think that it has the sense of being in the condition of being a human being as a user of tools or, in general, of technology, so it turns out that the relationship between people and machines. This article focuses its interest on these issues.

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Author Biographies

  • Camilo José Cela Conde, University of the Balearic Islands

    Director del Laboratorio de Sistemática Humana

  • Francisco Ayala, University of California - Irvine, University of California - Irvine

    University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
    School of Biological Sciences

    Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy
    School of Humanities

    Professor of Logic and the Philosophy of Science, Logic & Philosophy of Science
    School of Social Sciences 

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Published

2018-04-25

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018): Brain Evolution, Mental Health and Society

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Tools made us human. The role of technology in the biological and social evolution of the Homo genus. (2018). Sociología Y Tecnociencia, 8(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.24197/st.2.2018.1-25