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fishing and collecting roots and fruits. All these activities required certain
techniques and knowledges transmitted through oral language. The invention
of agriculture, 12 000 years ago, was the first important cultural revolution since
it gave humans the possibility of having a food surplus, as well as to diversify
its activities. Around 5000 BC, the second most important revolution was the
invention of writing. Thus, information could be transmitted through symbols
located outside the body; extrabiological information appeared and cultural
evolution then rapidly accelerated. Although it is difficult to think that cultural
information could be transmitted through particles of information such as
memes, it is possible that words, numbers, colors, musical notes could be
considered important basic units of cultural transmission. However, the transmission of written ideas, concepts, techniques and artistic skills should be
considered most important within the cultural evolution of humans.
KEY WORDS. Human evolution, cultural revolution, extrabiological informa-
continuamente con la muerte de los individuos depositarios de la informacin privilegiada (Estaol B. Csarman E. 2001).
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Estaol B., Csarman E. (2001), Biological and extrabiological memory, Ludus
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Gayon J. (2005), Cultural evolution: A general appraisal, Ludus Vitalis XIII (23):
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Estaol B., Csarman E., (1987), Como perro bailarn. Origen y lmites del lenguaje.
La humanizacin o evolucin cultural del hombre. Mxico, D.F.: Miguel Angel
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Cavalli Sforza L., Feldman M. W. (1981), Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A
Quantitative Approach. N.H.: Princeton University Press. 1981.