Innovation is not only central to changes in traditional practice but arguably responsible for
humanity's remarkable success at colonizing the earth and diversifying the products …

Traditional attempts to understand the evolution of human cognition compare humans with
other primates. This research showed that relative brain size covaries with cognitive skills …

What happens in our brains when we compose a melody, write a poem, paint a picture, or
choreograph a dance sequence? How is this different from what occurs in the brain when …

Creativity is one of a small set of cognitive capacities that clearly differentiate humans from
other species. The validity of this statement hinges on how one defines creativity, so we will …

This theme issue explores how and why behavioural innovation occurs, and the
consequences of innovation for individuals, groups and populations. A vast literature on …

Recent studies in several taxa have demonstrated that animal culture can evolve to become
more efficient in various contexts ranging from tool use to route learning and migration …

This paper proposes a theory of creativity, referred to as honing theory, which posits that
creativity fuels the process by which culture evolves through communal exchange amongst …

Creativity researchers typically focus on the who, what, why, where, and how of creativity. A
noticeable omission is when. The when is not completely ignored in the field; it surfaces in …

Despite the recent upsurge of interest in the investigation of creativity, the question of how to
measure creativity is arguably underdiscussed. The aim of this paper is to address this gap …

Highlights•Wild orang-utans are decidedly uncurious.•Social contact with humans early in
life makes orang-utans curious.•Curiosity boosts an orang-utan's problem-solving abilities …