Scientists at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and the University of Bordeaux in France report that human cultural know-how grew through a long, measured shift from casual ...

Human beings are animals, evolved from ancestral great apes. We are part of nature and yet unique in many ways. It was once thought that humans were the only animals with culture: the learned rather ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even ...

From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...

This post is in response to How Culture Makes Us Smarter By Steve Stewart-Williams Ph.D. Are we big-brained mammals who have out-evolved ourselves? 'The evidence for the hypothesis that cultural ...

This blog was co-authored by Lene Rachel Andersen and Joe Michalski. In her book, Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World, Lene Rachel Andersen traces the evolution of culture and human ...

Evolution, classification, and nomenclature -- The geologic time frame -- The primate background -- The Australopiths and Homo habilis -- Evolution of the genus Homo -- The Neanderthals and their ...

It’s widely accepted conventional wisdom that when it comes to creative works—TV shows, films, music, books—consumers crave an optimal balance between novelty and familiarity. What we choose to ...