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2026학년도 수능 영어 29번, 원문 공개 (글의 출처)

We are exceptionally smart, and this helps us adapt to a
wide range of environments. But we are not nearly smart
enough as individuals ① to solve the adaptive problems that
confronted modern humans as they spread across the globe.
The package of tools, foraging techniques, ecological
knowledge, and social arrangements used by any group of
foragers ② being far too complex for any individual to create.
We are able to learn all the things we need to know in each of
the many different environments ③ in which we live only
because we acquire information from others. We are much
better at learning from others than other species are, and we
are ④ motivated to learn from others even when we do not
understand why our models are doing what they are doing.
This psychology allows human populations to accumulate pools
of adaptive information that ⑤ greatly exceed the inventive
capacities of individuals.
* forage: 구하러 다니다
답:
제시된 텍스트는 인류학자 **Joseph Henrich(조셉 헨릭)**의 저서 **《The Secret of Our Success》**에서 발췌된 원문입니다. 이 책은 인간의 적응 능력과 성공이 개인의 지능보다는 문화적 학습과 집단 지식의 축적에 의해 이루어졌다는 주장을 담고 있습니다.
제시된 텍스트의 번호(①~⑤)는 원문에는 없는 것으로, 해당 내용이 **대한민국의 표준화된 시험(수능 모의고사 등)**에 출제되면서 문법/어휘 문제 형태로 변형된 것입니다.
원문 출처 정보 (Primary Source Document)
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도서 제목 (Title): The Secret of Our Success: How Culture is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter (성공의 비결: 문화는 어떻게 인간의 진화를 이끌고, 우리 종을 길들이며, 우리를 더 똑똑하게 만들고 있는가)
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저자 (Author): Joseph Henrich
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출판사/출판 연도: Princeton University Press / 2016년
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출처 위치: 책 본문 (인간의 적응에 대한 핵심 주장을 제시하는 부분)
정확히 일치하는 원문 (하이라이트)
제시된 텍스트는 원본 책의 내용과 완벽하게 일치하는 문단입니다. (번호는 제외하고 하이라이트합니다.)
We are exceptionally smart, and this helps us adapt to a wide range of environments. But we are not nearly smart enough as individuals to solve the adaptive problems that confronted modern humans as they spread across the globe. The package of tools, foraging techniques, ecological knowledge, and social arrangements used by any group of foragers being far too complex for any individual to create. We are able to learn all the things we need to know in each of the many different environments in which we live only because we acquire information from others. We are much better at learning from others than other species are, and we are motivated to learn from others even when we do not understand why our models are doing what they are doing. This psychology allows human populations to accumulate pools of adaptive information that greatly exceed the inventive capacities of individuals.