Imitation and innovation work in tandem to support cultural learning in children and facilitate
our capacity for cumulative culture. Here we propose an integrated theoretical account of …

The complexity of Stone Age tool-making is assumed to have relied upon cultural
transmission, but direct evidence is lacking. This paper reviews evidence bearing on this …

In human societies, cultural norms arise when behaviours are transmitted through social
networks via high-fidelity social learning. However, a paucity of experimental studies has …

In this ground-breaking book, Aristotelian and evolutionary understandings of human social
nature are brought together to provide an integrative, psychological account of human …

There is good evidence that some ape behaviors can be transmitted socially and that this
can lead to group-specific traditions. However, many consider animal traditions, including …

Prosocial acts benefitting others are widespread amongst humans. By contrast,
chimpanzees have failed to demonstrate such a disposition in several studies, leading some …

Cultural evolutionary approaches highlight that different social learning processes may be
involved in the maintenance of cultural traditions. Inevitably, for traditions to be maintained …

Recovering evidence of past human activities enables us to recreate behaviour where direct
observations are missing. Here, we apply archaeological methods to further investigate …

A significant body of work has demonstrated children's imitative abilities when learning
novel actions. Although some research has examined the role of cultural background in …

The prey spectrum of grey seals has to date been described as largely consisting of different
fish, cephalopod and shrimp species. On the German island of Helgoland Düne, where …