TY - JOUR
T1 - The deep history of imaginary worlds
AU - Wiessner, Polly
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2022/11/18
Y1 - 2022/11/18
N2 - If recent exploratory traditions tap into evolved psychological dispositions to explore, wouldn't humans be expected to have drawn on such dispositions long before the written word? Trickster oral traditions fill this role in all levels of society, affluence, and on all continents, inverting the boundaries of social worlds and those between humans and animals, fostering cultural innovation.
AB - If recent exploratory traditions tap into evolved psychological dispositions to explore, wouldn't humans be expected to have drawn on such dispositions long before the written word? Trickster oral traditions fill this role in all levels of society, affluence, and on all continents, inverting the boundaries of social worlds and those between humans and animals, fostering cultural innovation.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X21002132
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X21002132
M3 - Article
C2 - 36396384
AN - SCOPUS:85142201007
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 45
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e276
ER -