It's widely accepted conventional wisdom that when it comes to creative works—TV shows, films, music, books—consumers crave ...

So if a human finds, for instance, a better but more complex way to make a knife, they can pass along the new instructions.

Theoretical, anthropological and genetic studies suggest that human evolution has been shaped by gene–culture interactions. This Review collates data from these diverse fields, and highlights ...

This process produces our uniquely complex cultures: Scientists call it cumulative cultural evolution. But extensive data has emerged suggesting that other animals, including bees, chimpanzees and ...

Human conflict arises from traits such as tribalism, aggression, and irrationality. To mitigate conflict, we must reframe our ...

As human societies grew and sharpened their technological capacity, their cultural repertoire expanded, a process characterized not only by the empirical remains of their material culture but also ...

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

Deborah Barsky is a writing fellow for the Human Bridges, a researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution, and an associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili ...

Interdisciplinary approach yields new insights into human evolution Feb 13, 2018 Cultural and linguistic networks of central African hunter–gatherers have ancient origin, study finds ...

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...