Two goals in the study of evolutionary anthropology are to determine the factors that make
humans unique and to reconstruct the evolution of our behavior. As humans' closest living …

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 …

Personality is essential for understanding the evolution of cooperation and conflict in
behavior. However, personality science remains disconnected from the field of social …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1449–1458 Abstract Trade‐offs between behavioural traits
promoting high life‐history productivity and mortality may fuel the evolution of animal …

The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our
cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book …

Highlights•Some species form social bonds that facilitate cooperation and provide
benefits.•Adult male chimpanzees form some of the strongest and most stable social …

Social network analysis offers new tools to study the social structure of primate groups. We
used social network analysis to investigate the cohesiveness of a grooming network in a …

Longlisted for the PEN/EO Wilson Literary Science Writing Award “Every new book by Frans
de Waal is a cause for excitement, and this one is no different. A breath of fresh air in the …

What separates modern humans from our primate cousins—are we a mere blink in the
march of evolution, or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight …

Competition between groups is widely considered to foster cooperation within groups.
Evidence from laboratory experiments hints at the existence of a proximate mechanism by …