Human activities are causing global biotic redistribution, translocating species and providing
them with opportunities to establish populations beyond their native ranges. Species …

Dogs have an extraordinary relationship with humans. We understand, communicate, and
cooperate remarkably with our dogs. But almost all we know about dog-human bonds, dog …

Explaining the rise of large, sedentary populations, with attendant expansions of socio-
political hierarchy and labor specialization (collectively referred to as “societal complexity”) …

Jared Diamond suggested that the unique East–West orientation of Eurasia facilitated the
spread of cultural innovations and gave it substantial political, technological and military …

This paper presents the design rationale and pilot demonstration of the GramAdapt Social
Contact questionnaire; a research tool developed for collecting global comparative …

To understand the evolutionary processes that led to the cultural variations seen today, an
examination of cultural differences is required—why was a cultural practice adopted by …

We describe ongoing efforts to better understand the interaction of spoken languages and
their physical environments. We begin by briefly surveying research suggesting that …

It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can never be known: but
ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know …

The unprecedented scale of cultural extinctions, greatly exceeding the rate of creation of
new cultures, is widely appreciated in evolutionary human sciences; yet few studies …

Aim Land ownership norms are well documented and play a central role in social–
ecological systems. Yet only recently has the spatial and temporal distribution of land …