(voir en ligne : https://intellectica.org/fr/numeros/emergence-et-evolution-de-la-cognition-humaine)International audienceResearchers today have a variety of study resources at their disposal to address the genesis and phylogenetic evolution of human cognition. Since ideas, concepts and language do not fossilise, the information that can tell us about the cognitive abilities of the ancient representatives of the Homo genus is necessarily indirect. We will see that two paths are possible: the study of the brain itself and the study of the productions of the mind. Research into the ontogenetic evolution of cognition, i.e. from birth to adulthood, will also be discussed, both in current Homo sapiens and in former homininae. We will see that al...