All Innovations are Equal, but Some More than Others: (Re)integrating Modification Processes to the Origins of Cumulative Culture

Mathieu Charbonneau1
1Science Studies Program, Departments of Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Social Mind Center, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

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