Pioneer naturalists such as Whewell, Lyell, Humboldt, Darwin and Wallace acknowledged
the interactions between ecological and evolutionary forces, as well as the roles of …

The use of archaeological proxy records representative of population dynamics is
paramount for a richer understanding of prehistoric cultural change, but its use require a …

Evolution, or descent with modification, involves three principles: variation is present in a
population, the variants are heritable, and there is a sorting mechanism (or mechanisms) …

Phylogenetic models are commonly used in palaeobiology to study the patterns and
processes of organismal evolution. In the human sciences, phylogenetic methods have …

This work presents the analysis of the geometric microliths of Cueva de la Cocina (València,
Spain). It does so considering the hypothesis that, given the size of the cave's assemblage …

A fundamental debate in evolutionary theory concerns the scale of evolutionary process. For
cultural evolution, it is well understood that cultural elements on the scales of basic units of …

Questions about the evolution of material culture are widespread in the humanities and
social sciences. Statistical modeling of long-term changes in material culture is less common …

Front cover: Skidendam (lit.'shit pond'in Danish) bog in Teglstrup Hegn forest west of
Helsingør, north Zealand, Denmark. Skidendam is one of just a handful of untouched raised …

Anthropologists have recognized that households may have diverse histories resulting in
patterns of unstable membership, a wide array of tactics for production of food and goods …

Researchers in the field of cultural evolutionary theory pursue an eclectic program of
investigation that lies at the intersection of cognitive science, anthropology, and evolutionary …