Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

How does climate change affect the way humans organize themselves? How has it shaped the course of human evolution? An ...

While many species share cultural traits, human culture stands out for its unparalleled adaptability and power. Morgan suggests that our species’ distinctive feature is openness – the ability ...

Cumulative culture — the accumulation of technological modifications and improvements over generations — allowed humans to adapt to a diversity of environments and challenges. But, it is unclear when ...

Evolution has been a cornerstone of the biological sciences for the better part of a century. Rarely, however, has evolutionary science been considered valuable in understanding contemporary human ...

This process produces our uniquely complex cultures: Scientists call it cumulative cultural evolution. But extensive data has emerged suggesting that other animals, including bees, chimpanzees and ...

In the study, "An empirically-based scenario for the evolution of cultural transmission in the human lineage during the last 3.3 million years," published in PLOS One, researchers compiled a cross ...

The year 2023 proved to be another exciting 12 months for research in human evolution. Many of the top stories tell us more about the diet and tool use of our early ancestors and relatives and the ...

Human culture has evolved to allow humans to extract resources and helped us expand to dominate the biosphere. But the same evolutionary processes may counteract efforts to solve new global ...

Human society, or culture, progresses through two different but not necessarily mutually exclusive paths: 1) through independent invention, and 2) through diffusion (borrowing). While independent ...

The wild honeyguide responds to distinct calls from local honey foragers. Says one researcher: The bird basically seems to be saying, "Hey, I'm here and I know where there's some honey, so follow me." ...