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Human Cooperation: The Hunter-Gatherer Puzzle | Current Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.005 In tracing the roots of human cooperation, researchers have gleaned insights from the sociality of contemporary hunter-gatherers. A new study among the Hadza, one of the few surviving foraging populations...
How the 'Western mind' was shaped by the Medieval Church | BBC Future
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201231-how-the-way-you-think-was-s… Most research on human psychology focuses on Western societies, but the way people in the West think can be traced to changes in family structures in the Middle...
Cultural evolution: Is causal inference the secret of our success? | Current Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.013 A new study investigates hunters’ causal understandings of bow design and mechanics among the Hadza, one of the last remaining foraging populations. The results suggest that sophisticated technology can evolve...
High Fidelity | Science
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Click here to read the blog version Click here to read the publisher version What began as a small increase in the fidelity of social learning may have made all the difference in human evolution
Rice, Psychology, and Innovation | Science
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https://science.sciencemag.org/content/344/6184/593 By the late 18th century, the earliest tremors of the industrial revolution were beginning to shake England. Fueled by a stream of innovations related to textiles, transportation, and steel manufacturing...