ABSTRACT

Both the appearance of life on earth and the appearance of the human species, that is, the process of human evolution with this very idiosyncratic and unique characteristic, are both facts so unique and mysterious in themselves, that we still do not have a clear explanation as to why this was so. Cultural knowledge is the knowledge that an organism acquires from the interaction not with the environment but from other organisms, which are normally other human individuals. The human brain is a really complex organ. It has 86 billion cells called neurons. Theory of mind (ToM) is the capacity humans have to figure out the existence of mental states behind certain objects, behaviours or events in such a way that the existence of those objects, behaviours or events is explained as a result of those mental states.