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Triangulating Neanderthal cognition: A tale of not seeing the forest for the trees
WIREs Cognitive Science ( IF 3.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 , DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1545
Michael Breyl ₁

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The inference of Neanderthal cognition, including their cultural and linguistic capabilities, has persisted as a fiercely debated research topic for decades. This lack of consensus is substantially based on inherent uncertainties in reconstructing prehistory out of indirect evidence as well as other methodological limitations. Further factors include systemic difficulties within interdisciplinary discourse, data artifacts, historic research biases, and the sheer scope of the relevant research. Given the degrees of freedom in interpretation ensuing from these complications, any attempt to find approximate answers to the yet unsettled pertinent discourse may not rest on single studies, but instead a careful and comprehensive interdisciplinary synthesis of findings. Triangulating Neanderthals' cognition by considering the plethora of data, diverse perspectives and aforementioned complexities present within the literature constitutes the currently most reliable pathway to tentative conclusions. While some uncertainties remain, such an approach paints the picture of an extensive shared humanity between anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals.

中文翻译：

三角化尼安德特人的认知：只见树木不见森林的故事

数十年来，尼安德特人认知的推论，包括他们的文化和语言能力，一直是一个激烈争论的研究课题。这种缺乏共识在很大程度上是基于从间接证据以及其他方法学限制中重建史前的固有不确定性。其他因素包括跨学科讨论中的系统性困难、数据人工制品、历史研究偏见以及相关研究的绝对范围。鉴于这些并发症导致的解释自由度，任何试图为尚未解决的相关话语找到近似答案的尝试都不能依赖于单一的研究，而是对发现的仔细和全面的跨学科综合。通过考虑大量数据对尼安德特人的认知进行三角测量，文献中存在的不同观点和上述复杂性构成了目前得出初步结论的最可靠途径。虽然仍然存在一些不确定性，但这种方法描绘了解剖学上现代人类和尼安德特人之间广泛共享的人性。

更新日期：2020-09-12

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