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| | Paul MacLean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | MacLean's study of play may seem far removed from the practical realities of the classroom, but it has important implications for the future of education. |
 | | According to Dr. MacLean, the characteristics that set mammals apart from reptiles along a new evolutionary path are nursing (maternal care), the separation call (vocalization and speech), and play. |
 | | MacLean paints an intricately detailed mural of our evolutionary heritage in which we discover in mammals the emergence of vocalization, handedness, right hand dominance, nurturing, nursing, and playfulness-all serving as the evolutionary basis for family structures, ethics, and the manipulation and invention of tools and media. |
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