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Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge
Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 18, Issue 1, Page 92-110, January 2026.Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
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, 2017 This essay explores the role that literature can play in a rethinking of Western culture\u27s relationship with the natural ...
Steffler, John
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The history of anatomical engagement
Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 12, Page 1337-1348, December 2025.Abstract The public's fascination with anatomy has evolved over time and progressed from avoidance of the tainted yet saintly corpse, to their fascination with cabinets of curiosities. The current narrative review explores public engagement (PE), from its potential origins as cave paintings, to the rise of the disciplinarity of anatomy.
Quenton Wessels, Adam M. Taylor
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The challenge of the abstract mind: symbols, signs and notational systems in European prehistory
Documenta Praehistorica, 2005 Since the earliest manifestations of symbolic activity in modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) in the Upper Palaeolithic, there is evidence for two independent cognitive procedures, for the production of representational images (naturalistic pictures or ...
Harald Haarmann
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British Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 2777-2809, December 2025.Abstract The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into education holds promise for supporting and augmenting teaching and learning‐related activities. Yet, despite its potential, there is limited empirical research on the use of AI in K‐12 settings exploring the pedagogical grounding, impact and implications of the technological solutions.
Paraskevi Topali +3 more
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Technologie 3D et relevé d’art pariétal : une application inédite dans la grotte de Marsoulas
In Situ, 2012 The third dimension always constitutes a major difficulty in the study of the Palaeolithic cave art. At the Marsoulas cave (Haute-Garonne), a 3D scan operation was undertaken in keeping with various constraints in terms of time and space which the site ...
Carole Fritz +4 more
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Between the ideal and the reality: The human body through the eyes of European artists [PDF]
, 2015 The human body has always been one of the most important subjects for European artists. But the way it is displayed in art has varied in different epochs.
WAŁEK, Janusz
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Open Archaeology, 2018 This paper presents acts of fluting as tangible expressions of activities performed by Palaeolithic communities of practice, in which situated learning was part of the social transmission of knowledge and communities of practice include children, men and
Janik Liliana, Cooney Williams Jessica
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Becoming Neolithic in words, thoughts and deeds [PDF]
, 2019 How did people come to ‘think Neolithic’? While there has been considerable progress on reconstructing the environmental, economic, technological and social changes associated with the transition from mobile hunter-gathering to sedentary farming and ...
Mithen, Steven
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Neandertal man the hunter: A history of Neandertal subsistence
, 2010 The history of Neandertals has been examined by a number of researchers who highlight how historical biases have impacted popular and scientific perceptions of Neandertals.
Ready, E.
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