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Cultural Transmission

Apr 25, 2013

Animal Culture In Monkeys And Whales

We thought humans only have culture. We were wrong.

Culture
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Mar 1, 2013

Dismantling The Paradigm In The Social Sciences

Joe Henrich and his colleagues are shaking the foundations of psychology and economics.

Culture
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Feb 6, 2013

Genes Mix Faster Than Stories

Folk tales' 'DNA' shows that people would sooner have sex with strangers than tell their fables.

Culture
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Jan 30, 2013

Cultural Evolution Changes Bird Song

Thanks to cultural evolution, male Savannah sparrows are changing their tune, partly to attract “the ladies.”

Biology
Culture
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Dec 16, 2012

Human Rites

Rituals bind us, in modern societies and prehistoric tribes alike. But can our loyalties stretch to all of humankind?

Culture
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Dec 10, 2012

Culture: the Engine of Human Adaptation

Social Learning Leads to Our Greatest Achievements and Worst Errors.

Culture
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Sep 25, 2012

The Pace of Cultural Evolution

Empirically demonstrating the pace of cultural evolution.

Culture
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Sep 9, 2012

How Culture Drove Human Evolution

Why we need to stop distinguishing cultural and biological evolution as separate.

Culture
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Apr 20, 2012

Are Taboos Adaptive? Evidence from the Island of Fiji

Are taboos ignorant superstitions, do they contain adaptive wisdom, or are they a mixture of both?

Culture
Mind
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