Scholarly debates about the nature of human emotion traditionally pit biological and cultural
influences against one another. Although many existing theories acknowledge the role of …

As one of the most specific, yet most diverse of human behaviors, language is shaped by
both genomic and extra-genomic evolution. Sharing methods and models between these …

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 …

Humans across the globe use supernatural beliefs to explain the world around them. This
article explores whether cultural groups invoke the supernatural more to explain natural …

Music is a universal yet diverse cultural trait transmitted between generations. The extent to
which global musical diversity traces cultural and demographic history, however, is …

The Uto-Aztecan language family is one of the largest language families in the Americas.
However, there has been considerable debate about its origin and how it spread. Here we …

Abstract The Han Chinese history is shaped by substantial demographic activities and
sociocultural transmissions. However, it remains challenging to assess the contributions of …

Bibliometrics offers powerful means of visualising and understanding trends within research
domains. We here present a first exploratory bibliometric analysis of cultural evolutionary …

Many important and interesting hypotheses about cultural evolution are evaluated using
cross-cultural correlations: if knowing one particular feature of a culture (eg environmental …

Abstract Ancestral State Reconstruction (ASR) is an essential part of historical linguistics
(HL). Conventional ASR in HL relies on three core principles: fewest changes on the tree …