TY - JOURS T1 - Die evolutionäre Bedeutung des Spiels Rosslenbroich, Bernd JAS - Jahr für Goethe. JF - Jahrbuch für Goetheanismus PY - 2014 VL - 2014 SP - 185 EP - 218 DO - 10.18756/jfg.2014.185 SN - Print :1866-4830 Online : 2750-2341 LA - de N2 - Human and animal play is both a fascinating and puzzling phenomenon Its origin and function cannot be conclusively explained within conventional evolutionary theory However nowadays there exist extensive accounts and scientific descriptions that can provide us with a wealth of well documented material This article gives a brief overview of play in various animal groups Then it develops the thesis that play logically follows the autonomy theory of evolution and therefore can be explained in evolutionary biological terms It is both phylogenetically and ontogenetically an important element in the creativity of human beings and possibly over and above that in the whole of evolution N1 - The evolutionary significance of playHuman and animal play is both a fascinating and puzzling phenomenon Its origin and function cannot be conclusively explained within conventional evolutionary theory However nowadays there exist extensive accounts and scientific descriptions that can provide us with a wealth of well documented material This article gives a brief overview of play in various animal groups Then it develops the thesis that play logically follows the autonomy theory of evolution and therefore can be explained in evolutionary biological terms It is both phylogenetically and ontogenetically an important element in the creativity of human beings and possibly over and above that in the whole of evolution AB - Human and animal play is both a fascinating and puzzling phenomenon Its origin and function cannot be conclusively explained within conventional evolutionary theory However nowadays there exist extensive accounts and scientific descriptions that can provide us with a wealth of well documented material This article gives a brief overview of play in various animal groups Then it develops the thesis that play logically follows the autonomy theory of evolution and therefore can be explained in evolutionary biological terms It is both phylogenetically and ontogenetically an important element in the creativity of human beings and possibly over and above that in the whole of evolution ST - Die evolutionäre Bedeutung des Spiels UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.18756/jfg.2014.185 Y2 - 2024-04-30 03:13:02 ER -