The study of language evolution, and human cognitive evolution more generally, has often
been ridiculed as unscientific, but in fact it differs little from many other disciplines that …

By the mid-twentieth century (thus following the 'Modern Synthesis' in evolutionary biology),
the behavioural sciences offered only the sketchy beginnings of a scientific literature …

Human cultural traits—behaviors, ideas, and technologies that can be learned from other
individuals—can exhibit complex patterns of transmission and evolution, and researchers …

It is widely recognized that language plays a key role in the transmission of human culture,
but relatively little is known about the mechanisms by which language simultaneously …

We have learned much about tool use in nonhumans since the discovery of Oldowan stone
tools. Despite the ongoing debate over whether tool use in other animals requires cultural …

Discoveries about the cultures and cultural capacities of the great apes have played a
leading role in the recognition emerging in recent decades that cultural inheritance can be a …

Noting important recent discoveries, we review primate social learning, traditions and
culture, together with associated findings about primate brains. We survey our current …

A few decades ago, we knew next to nothing about the behavior of our closest animal
relative, the chimpanzee, but long-term field studies have since revealed an undreamed-of …

The type and variety of learning strategies used by individuals to acquire behaviours in the
wild are poorly understood, despite the presence of behavioural traditions in diverse taxa …

Social learning is important to the life history of many animals, helping individuals to acquire
new adaptive behavior. However despite long-running debate, it remains an open question …