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 …

Humans are characterized by an extreme dependence on culturally transmitted information
and recent formal theory predicts that natural selection should favor adaptive learning …

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the
wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters …

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 …

We adults could scarcely find our way in the world, either literally or metaphorically, if no one
told us anything. Imagine planning a journey to a distant city you've never visited before …

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 …

Since Dr. Brizendine wrote The Female Brain ten years ago, the response has been
overwhelming. This New York Times bestseller has been translated into more than thirty …

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 …

Young children readily act on information from adults, setting aside their own prior
convictions and even continuing to trust informants who make claims that are manifestly …

In two experiments, children aged 3, 4 and 5 years (N= 61) were given conflicting
information about the names and functions of novel objects by two informants, one a familiar …