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Homo artefactus
Author(s) -
Kováč Ladislav
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1002/embr.201438750
Subject(s) - sympathy , darwin (adl) , psychology , social psychology , computer science , software engineering
The evolution of our ability to manipulate objects with our hands triggered the expansion of the human brain, human culture and the creation of ever more complex artefacts. Is there a risk now that humans have now become dependent on and addicted to their artefacts?