Experiment captures why pottery forms are culturally distinct

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-captures-pottery-culturally-distinct.html

Potters of different cultural backgrounds learn new types differently, producing cultural differences even in the absence of differential cultural evolution. Kobe University-led research, published in PNAS Nexus, has implications for how we evaluate the difference of archaeological artifacts across cultures.

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Experiment captures why pottery forms are culturally distinct

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-captures-pottery-culturally-distinct.html

Potters of different cultural backgrounds learn new types differently, producing cultural differences even in the absence of differential cultural evolution. Kobe University-led research, published in PNAS Nexus, has implications for how we evaluate the difference of archaeological artifacts across cultures.

More…

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