With approximately 30% of nonhuman primate species listed as critically endangered, the
window of opportunity to conserve primates is closing fast. In this article, we focus on the …

Noting important recent discoveries, we review primate social learning, traditions and
culture, together with associated findings about primate brains. We survey our current …

The philosophy of animal minds addresses profound questions about the nature of mind and
the relationships between humans and other animals. In this fully revised and updated …

Chimpanzees possess a large number of behavioral and cultural traits among nonhuman
species. The “disturbance hypothesis” predicts that human impact depletes resources and …

Animal culture, defined as “information or behavior—shared within a community—which is
acquired from conspecifics through some form of social learning”(1), can have important …

Human ethnographic knowledge covers hundreds of societies, whereas chimpanzee
ethnography encompasses at most 15 communities. Using termite fishing as a window into …

Written by leading theorists and empirical researchers, this book presents new ways of
addressing the old question: Why did religion first emerge and then continue to evolve in all …

Over the last two decades, red ochre has played a pivotal role in discussions about the
cognitive and cultural evolution of early modern humans during the African Middle Stone …

New discoveries and dating of fossil remains from the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of
Humankind, South Africa, have strong implications for our understanding of Pleistocene …

Knowledge on the population history of endangered species is critical for conservation, but
whole-genome data on chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) is geographically sparse. Here, we …