Archaeologists have long debated the origin of human symbolic behavior. The dominant idea was that only modern humans (Homo sapiens) were capable of complex symbolic thought and behavior; such as ...

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A new study used LEGO bricks to investigate the neurocognitive underpinnings of our engagements with symbolic objects. The study suggests that we experience symbolic objects as social entities. A new ...

An archaeological study describes symbolic objects of the Levantine Aurignacian culture. The Levantine Aurignacian culture exhibits similarities with the Aurignacian culture in Eurasia. However, the ...

On the way to learning that one thing can represent another, young children often conflate the real item and its symbol. These errors show how difficult it is to start thinking symbolically About 20 ...