Uniquely Human

This chapter summarizes both behavioral and mental sequential abilities of humans, discussing when these abilities may have appeared and how they develop during an individual's lifetime. The chapter looks at the main hypotheses about human cognitive evolution. It describes uniquely human behavior that includes extensive collaborative sequences, language, and other sequential activities, such as music and dance. It also demonstrates how humans can store and process sequential and episodic information with greater accuracy than other animals. The chapter mentions human sequential behavior, which is underpinned by a diversity of mental skills that operate on sequential information and are often time consuming.