Hunting and gathering is, evolutionarily, the defining subsistence strategy of our species.
Studying how children learn foraging skills can, therefore, provide us with key data to test …

The theoretical literature from 1985 to the present on the evolution of learning strategies in
variable environments is reviewed, with the focus on deterministic dynamical models that …

Cultural evolution studies are characterized by the notion that culture evolves accordingly to
broadly Darwinian principles. Yet how far the analogy between cultural and genetic …

Teaching is cross-culturally widespread but few studies have considered children as
teachers as well as learners. This is surprising, since forager children spend much of their …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

Humans and the environment form a single complex system where humans not only
influence ecosystems but also react to them. Despite this, there are far fewer coupled human …

The significance of teaching to the evolution of human culture is under debate. We
contribute to the discussion by using a quantitative, cross-cultural comparative approach to …

In this article, we integrate cultural evolutionary theory with empirical research from
developmental psychology, cultural anthropology, and primatology to explore the role of …

The adaptability of human populations to changing environments is often attributed to the
human capacity for social learning, innovation, and culture. In rapidly changing …

We survey the population genetic basis of social evolution, using a logically consistent set of
arguments to cover a wide range of biological scenarios. We start by reconsidering …