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A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Toolmaking Skill Acquisition in Non-Industrial Societies

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Cross-Cultural Research: The Journal of Comparative Social Science

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Abstract

Cross-Cultural Research, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 143-182, April 2026.
Toolmaking is, by and large, a socially learned behavior that also requires individual practices. Although significant for understanding human evolution, the rise of industrialized mass production has reduced the need for handicraft practices and their ...