Abstract Theory of mind (ToM; aka, mind‐reading, mentalizing, mental‐state attribution, and
perspective‐taking) is the ability to ascribe mental states, such as desires and beliefs, to …

The question as to why primates have evolved unusually large brains has received much
attention, with many alternative proposals all supported by evidence. We review the main …

Cognitive linguists and psychologists have often argued that language is best understood as
an association network; however while the network view of language has had a significant …

A New York Times bestseller:" A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of
nonhuman minds."—Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough …

Tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since Darwin, thinkers have
struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animals …

Chimpanzees' use of gesture was described in the first detailed field study [1, 2], and natural
use of specific gestures has been analyzed [3–5]. However, it was systematic work with …

Great apes give gestures deliberately and voluntarily, in order to influence particular target
audiences, whose direction of attention they take into account when choosing which type of …

Hominin evolution took a remarkable pathway, as the foraging strategy extended to large
mammalian prey already hunted by a guild of specialist carnivores. How was this possible …

Everyone agrees that joint attention is a key feature of human social cognition. Yet, despite
over 40 years of work and hundreds of publications on this topic, there is still surprisingly …

In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist
Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes …