... distinguishing one class from another (such as uncles from cousins), defining and prohibiting incest, and so on. There is no reason or evidence that leads one to believe that any animal other than man can have or be brought to any appreciation or comprehension whatever of such meanings and acts. Tylor argued long ago, a "mental gulf that divides the lowest savage ... became custom through the transmission of tool using from one generation to another long before articulate speech came into being. Some theorists hold, the customary use of tools became a powerful stimulus in the developmen...

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