Open AccessA timeline of human evolution: What has made us human?
Author(s) -
Rebecca L.L. McIntosh,
Danielle C. Stevenson,
Tristan Varela
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the biochemist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1740-1194
pISSN - 0954-982X
DOI - 10.1042/bio03705004
Subject(s) - timeline , ask price , human evolution , language evolution , human language , epistemology , history , cognitive science , philosophy , aesthetics , linguistics , psychology , archaeology , economy , economics
What makes us human? That we walk upright, on two legs? That we have complex language? That we use tools? Or is it our ability to ask this question? For centuries, philosophers and scientists have all grappled with this fundamental question.
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