When one individual helps another, it benefits the recipient and may also gain a reputation
for being cooperative. This may induce others to favour the helper in subsequent …

Current sociobiology is in theoretical disarray, with a diversity of frameworks that are poorly
related to each other. Part of the problem is a reluctance to revisit the pivotal events that took …

Memory is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. How, then, can the
brain deal successfully with the continual deluge of linguistic input? We argue that, to deal …

Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it
develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

This paper lays out an evolutionary theory for the cognitive foundations and cultural
emergence of the extravagant displays (eg, ritual mutilation, animal sacrifice and martyrdom) …

Signaling theory provides an opportunity to integrate an interactive theory of symbolic
communication and social benefit with materialist theories of individual strategic action and …

Narratives are artefacts of a special kind: they are intentionally crafted devices which fulfil
their story-telling function by manifesting the intentions of their makers. But narrative itself is …

How do hearers manage to understand speakers? And how do speakers manage to shape
hearers' understanding? Lepore and Stone show that standard views about the workings of …