[On the convergence between humankind and Nature to create tools].

Abstract:

:The authors' purpose will be here to underline the continuity of the adaptative processes that make Homo sapiens, sometimes a brilliant inventor, sometimes a mere imitator, forging tools already conceived by Nature itself.

journal_name

C R Biol

journal_title

Comptes rendus biologies

authors

Gaillot F,Lledo PM

doi

10.1016/j.crvi.2007.06.006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-10-01 00:00:00

pages

711-21

issue

10

eissn

1631-0691

issn

1768-3238

pii

S1631-0691(07)00257-0

journal_volume

330

pub_type

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