I argue that the evolution of our life history, with its distinctively long, protected human
childhood, allows an early period of broad hypothesis search and exploration, before the …

Cognitive ecology integrates cognition, ecology, and neurobiology in one topic and has
recently broadened into an exciting diversity of themes covering the entire range of cognition …

Innovative animals are those able to solve novel problems or invent novel solutions to
existing problems. Despite the important ecological and evolutionary consequences of …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Behavioral ecologists interested in comparative cognition have struggled to design tasks
that are both ecologically relevant and experimentally rigorous. In experimental psychology …

Innovative problem solving enables individuals to deal with novel social and ecological
challenges. However, our understanding of the importance of innovation for animals in their …

Early stone tools, and in particular sharp stone tools, arguably represent one of the most
important technological milestones in human evolution. The production and use of sharp …

Primates are intensely social and exhibit extreme variation in social structure, making them
particularly well suited for uncovering evolutionary connections between sociality and vocal …

Several studies have suggested that wild primates tend to behave with caution toward
novelty, whereas captive primates are thought to be less neophobic, more exploratory, and …

Neophobia (the fearful reaction to novel stimuli or situations) has a crucial effect on
individual fitness and can vary within and across species. However, the factors predicting …