Cumulative cultural learning: Development and diversity
CH Legare - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The complexity and variability of human culture is unmatched by any other species. Humans
live in culturally constructed niches filled with artifacts, skills, beliefs, and practices that have …
live in culturally constructed niches filled with artifacts, skills, beliefs, and practices that have …
Variation is the universal: Making cultural evolution work in developmental psychology
MA Kline, R Shamsudheen… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Culture is a human universal, yet it is a source of variation in human psychology, behaviour
and development. Developmental researchers are now expanding the geographical scope …
and development. Developmental researchers are now expanding the geographical scope …
Who teaches children to forage? Exploring the primacy of child-to-child teaching among Hadza and BaYaka hunter-gatherers of Tanzania and Congo
Teaching is cross-culturally widespread but few studies have considered children as
teachers as well as learners. This is surprising, since forager children spend much of their …
teachers as well as learners. This is surprising, since forager children spend much of their …
Where innovations flourish: an ethnographic and archaeological overview of hunter–gatherer learning contexts
Research in developmental psychology suggests that children are poor tool innovators.
However, such research often overlooks the ways in which children's social and physical …
However, such research often overlooks the ways in which children's social and physical …
Women's subsistence networks scaffold cultural transmission among BaYaka foragers in the Congo Basin
In hunter-gatherer societies, women's subsistence activities are crucial for food provisioning
and children's social learning but are understudied relative to men's activities. To …
and children's social learning but are understudied relative to men's activities. To …
Teaching in hunter-gatherers
AH Boyette, BS Hewlett - Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2018 - Springer
Most of what we know about teaching comes from research among people living in large,
politically and economically stratified societies with formal education systems and highly …
politically and economically stratified societies with formal education systems and highly …
Costly teaching contributes to the acquisition of spear hunting skill among BaYaka forager adolescents
Teaching likely evolved in humans to facilitate the faithful transmission of complex tasks. As
the oldest evidenced hunting technology, spear hunting requires acquiring several complex …
the oldest evidenced hunting technology, spear hunting requires acquiring several complex …
Co‐occurrence of Ostensive Communication and Generalizable Knowledge in Forager Storytelling: Cross-Cultural Evidence of Teaching in Forager Societies
M Scalise Sugiyama - Human Nature, 2021 - Springer
Teaching is hypothesized to be a species-typical behavior in humans that contributed to the
emergence of cumulative culture. Several within-culture studies indicate that foragers …
emergence of cumulative culture. Several within-culture studies indicate that foragers …
Parental teaching behavior in diverse cultural contexts
Humans, unlike any other species, have adapted to diverse environments across the globe
due to cultural knowledge, skills, and practices. In early childhood, parent–child interactions …
due to cultural knowledge, skills, and practices. In early childhood, parent–child interactions …
The cultural evolution of teaching
Teaching is an important process of cultural transmission. Some have argued that human
teaching is a cognitive instinct–a form of 'natural cognition'centred on mindreading, shaped …
teaching is a cognitive instinct–a form of 'natural cognition'centred on mindreading, shaped …