"suddendorf" - 1 õppematerjal

Reasons why human beings are unique

they (chimps) are not." We have our advanced language skills to thank for that. We may see evidence of basic linguistic abilities in chimpanzees, but we are the only ones writing things down. We tell stories, we dream, we imagine things about ourselves and others and we spend a great deal of time thinking about the future and analysing the past. We have a fundamental urge to link our minds together There's more to it, Thomas Suddendorf, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Queensland in Australia is keen to point out. We have a fundamental urge to link our minds together. "This allows us to take advantage of others' experiences, reflections and imaginings to prudently guide our own behaviour. "We link our scenario-building minds into larger networks of knowledge." This in turn helps us to accumulate information through many generations.