A new study reveals how mathematical models can explain the formation and evolution of human societies and kinship systems.

Cultural evolution is the change over time of non-biological aspects of human society. The process is loosely analogous to biological evolution, although does not necessarily involve Darwinian ...

The modern world is replete with things that make our once-adaptive instincts go awry. For instance, humans evolved to live in kin-based, nomadic tribes of approximately 50 to 150 close-knit ...

This evolution may be less about survival ... "Part of this is due to the human history of migration and culture, which means people tend to live by and be exposed to people who are more similar ...

Innovation in Stone Tool Technology Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study illuminates the cultural evolution that took place approximately ...

Nevertheless, human culture is clearly qualitatively distinct ... behavioral complexity can be traced archaeologically in the evolution of stone tool technology from the simplest Oldowan (2.9 ...

For most of human history, memes and genes evolved ... remains one of the leading ways of thinking about cultural evolution. And, of course, the theory is a meme itself.

HEFEI -- Chinese scientists have discovered dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, which are the earliest ones found in East Asia in terms of the evolution process towards Homo sapiens ...

International experts echoed these sentiments. Maria Martinon-Torres, director of Spain's National Research Center on Human Evolution, called the site "one of the most significant discoveries in ...