?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Distinctively+human+motivation+and+another+view+on+human+evolution+%0A+&rft.creator=Prudkov%2C+Pavel+N.&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=Human+evolution+is+a+multidisciplinary+problem%2C+one+of+its+aspects+is+the+origin+and+development+of+distinctively+human+psychological+features.+Cognitive+properties+(language%2C+symbolic+thinking)+are+considered+as+such+features+and+numerous+authors+hypothesize+its+evolution.++We+suggest+that+the+most+important+human+characteristic+is+connected+with+motivation+rather+than+cognition%3B+this+is+the+ability+to+construct+and+maintain+long-term+goal-directed+processes+having+no+biological+basis.++Once+emerged%2C+this+new+ability+determined+evolution.+Human+language+arose+from+the+need+to+subserve++group+activities+directed+at+achieving++long-term+goals.+Abstract+++thinking+resulted+from+the+extraction+of+nonperceptual+features+through+the+regular+and+purposive+usage+of+various+objects.+The+comparison+of+this+hypothesis+against+other+evolutionary+models+is+discussed.++&rft.date=2006-03&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1171%2F1%2FDHM.htm&rft.identifier=++Prudkov%2C+Pavel+N.++(2006)+Distinctively+human+motivation+and+another+view+on+human+evolution.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1171%2F