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Animal cognition meets evo-devo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

R. Allen Gardner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology/296, University of Nevada, Reno, NV89557

Abstract

Sound comparative psychology and modern evolutionary and developmental biology (often called evo-devo) emphasize powerful effects of developmental conditions on the expression of genetic endowment. Both demand that evolutionary theorists recognize these effects. Instead, Tomasello et al. compares studies of normal human children with studies of chimpanzees reared and maintained in cognitively deprived conditions, while ignoring studies of chimpanzees in cognitively appropriate environments.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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