TY - GEN ID - cogprints728 UR - http://cogprints.org/728/ A1 - Suddendorf, Thomas TI - Simpler for Evolution: Secondary Representation in Apes, Children, and Ancestors Y1 - 1998/// N2 - Great apes show behavioural evidence for secondary representation similar to that of children of about two years of age. However, there is no convincing evidence for metarepresentation in apes. A good evolutionary interpretation should be parsimonious and must bring developmental and comparative data in accord. I propose a model based on the work of Perner (1991) and close by pointing out a logical flaw in Heyes’ second proposed experiment AV - public KW - great apes KW - children KW - secondary representation KW - metarepresentation KW - metamind KW - evolutionary parsimony KW - insight KW - self-recognition KW - hidden displacement KW - empathy KW - synchronous representation KW - mental attribution KW - evolutionary psychology KW - homo erectus ER -