The imitation of complex skills is what we call culture and is the basis of civilization. Vilayanur Ramachandran Next Quote A polar bear, to evolve a coat, will take thousands of generations, maybe 100,000 years. A human being, a child, can just watch its parent kill another polar bear, and skin it and put the skin on its body, fur on the body, and learn it in one step. - Vilayanur Ramachandran