Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation

M Galesic, D Barkoczi, AM Berdahl… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
We develop a conceptual framework for studying collective adaptation in complex socio-
cognitive systems, driven by dynamic interactions of social integration strategies, social …

Cumulative cultural evolution within evolving population structures

M Derex, A Mesoudi - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2020‏ - cell.com
Our species has the peculiar ability to accumulate cultural innovations over multiple
generations, a phenomenon termed 'cumulative cultural evolution'(CCE). Recent years have …

Evolutionary games with environmental feedbacks

AR Tilman, JB Plotkin, E Akçay - Nature communications, 2020‏ - nature.com
Strategic interactions arise in all domains of life. This form of competition often plays out in
dynamically changing environments. The strategies employed in a population may alter the …

[كتاب][B] Network science in archaeology

T Brughmans, MA Peeples - 2023‏ - books.google.com
The Cambridge Manual to Archaeological Network Science provides the first
comprehensive guide to a field of research that has firmly established itself within …

Women's subsistence networks scaffold cultural transmission among BaYaka foragers in the Congo Basin

H Jang, CT Ross, AH Boyette, KRL Janmaat… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
In hunter-gatherer societies, women's subsistence activities are crucial for food provisioning
and children's social learning but are understudied relative to men's activities. To …

Hunter-gatherer multilevel sociality accelerates cumulative cultural evolution

AB Migliano, F Battiston, S Viguier, AE Page… - Science …, 2020‏ - science.org
Although multilevel sociality is a universal feature of human social organization, its
functional relevance remains unclear. Here, we investigated the effect of multilevel sociality …

The origins of human cumulative culture: from the foraging niche to collective intelligence

AB Migliano, L Vinicius - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Various studies have investigated cognitive mechanisms underlying culture in humans and
other great apes. However, the adaptive reasons for the evolution of uniquely sophisticated …

Rank-dependent social inheritance determines social network structure in spotted hyenas

A Ilany, KE Holekamp, E Akçay - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
The structure of animal social networks influences survival and reproductive success, as
well as pathogen and information transmission. However, the general mechanisms …

Social network architecture and the tempo of cumulative cultural evolution

M Cantor, M Chimento, SQ Smeele… - … of the Royal …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ability to build upon previous knowledge—cumulative cultural evolution—is a hallmark
of human societies. While cumulative cultural evolution depends on the interaction between …

Social ageing and higher-order interactions: social selectiveness can enhance older individuals' capacity to transmit knowledge

MJ Hasenjager, NH Fefferman - Philosophical …, 2024‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
In long-lived organisms, experience can accumulate with age, such that older individuals
may act as repositories of ecological and social knowledge. Such knowledge is often …