Diverse lines of theoretical and empirical research are converging on the notion that human
evolution has been substantially influenced by the interaction of our cultural and genetic …

The human species is more reliant on cultural adaptation than any other species, but it is
unclear how observational learning can give rise to the faithful transmission of cultural …

In the last 60,000 y humans have expanded across the globe and now occupy a wider range
than any other terrestrial species. Our ability to successfully adapt to such a diverse range of …

In recent de cades there have been several attempts to teach chimpanzees to communicate
via language. One of the most successful programs has involved Kanzi, a male bonobo …

Humans massively depend on communication with others, but this leaves them open to the
risk of being accidentally or intentionally misinformed. To ensure that, despite this risk …

This response defends the view that human metacognition results from us turning our
mindreading capacities upon ourselves, and that our access to our own propositional …

Across two experiments, preschool‐aged children demonstrated selective learning of non‐
linguistic information from native‐accented rather than foreign‐accented speakers. In …

Children may be biased toward accepting information as true, but the fact remains that
children are exposed to misinformation from many sources, and mastering the intricacies of …

Reasoning about the evolution of our species' capacity for cumulative cultural learning has
led culture–gene coevolutionary (CGC) theorists to predict that humans should possess …

Vigilance towards deception is investigated in 3-to-5-year-old children:(i) In Study 1, children
as young as 3 years of age prefer the testimony of a benevolent rather than of a malevolent …