Understanding Cultural Traits 2016
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24349-8_19
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Signaling in Style: On Cooperation, Identity and the Origins of Visual Art

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“…However, it may simply be that we got it wrong. It may be that visual art has in fact played an important role throughout human evolution, as a fundamental communication technology that has helped shape our societies and minds (Kuhn and Stiner 2007a;Quinn, this volume;Mendoza Straffon 2016a). Finding out more about that very role may be the way forward.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…However, it may simply be that we got it wrong. It may be that visual art has in fact played an important role throughout human evolution, as a fundamental communication technology that has helped shape our societies and minds (Kuhn and Stiner 2007a;Quinn, this volume;Mendoza Straffon 2016a). Finding out more about that very role may be the way forward.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is to say that natural selection acts on mental faculties through culture. Those mental faculties that are responsible for the creation or adept utilization of cultural items, such as tools or even art (see Mendoza Straffon 2016), and that permit those individuals to succeed in having viable offspring are passed on.…”
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“…Higher mobility meant more frequent encounters with neighbouring groups, potentially giving rise to extended network social structures (McBrearty and Brooks, 2000), but also to more potential for conflicts. In order to reduce risk situations with other groups, historical hunter-gatherers practised long-distance contact and had exchange systems in place in order to help maintain stable population numbers (Mendoza Straffon, 2014). To sustain such networks among different groups over large distances, constant maintenance and reinforcement were required, usually through symbolic and ritual practices (Mendoza Straffon, 2014).…”
Section: Connecting Changing Environmental Conditions With Changes In...mentioning
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“…In order to reduce risk situations with other groups, historical hunter-gatherers practised long-distance contact and had exchange systems in place in order to help maintain stable population numbers (Mendoza Straffon, 2014). To sustain such networks among different groups over large distances, constant maintenance and reinforcement were required, usually through symbolic and ritual practices (Mendoza Straffon, 2014). Artifacts of a clearly symbolic nature such as ochre, and the use of marine shells in symbolic contexts may be testimonials of 'symbolically mediated behaviour' (Henshilwood and Marean, 2003).…”
Section: Connecting Changing Environmental Conditions With Changes In...mentioning
confidence: 99%