A mere few decades ago, culture was thought a unique human attribute. Evidence to the
contrary accumulated through the latter part of the twentieth century and has exploded in the …

Theories of how humans came to be so ecologically dominant increasingly centre on the
adaptive abilities of human culture and its capacity for cumulative change and high-fidelity …

Social Archaeology and Material Worlds aims to forefront dynamic and cutting-edge social
approaches to archaeology. It brings together volumes about past people, social and …

A prerequisite for copying innovative behaviour faithfully is the capacity of observers' brains,
regarded as 'hierarchically mechanistic minds', to overcome cognitive 'surprisal'(see 2.), by …

Humans are distinctive in their dependence upon products of culture for survival, products
that have evolved cumulatively over generations such that many cannot now be created by a …

The selection pressures that drove dramatic encephalisation processes through the
mammal lineage remain elusive, as does knowledge of brain structure reorganisation …

The development of tool innovation presents a paradox. How do humans have such diverse
and complex technology, ranging from smartphones to aircraft, and yet young children find …

The notion that tool-use is unique to humans has long been refuted by the growing number
of observations of animals using tools across various contexts. Yet, the mechanisms behind …

Abstract Research Summary The search for new resources is costly and difficult within the
resource‐based view. Because search is costly, a common prescription is for firms to focus …

Cultural innovations, such as tools and other technical articles useful for survival, imply that
creativity is an outcome of evolution. However, the existence of purely ornamental items …