Nonhuman primates, our closest biological relatives, play important roles in the livelihoods,
cultures, and religions of many societies and offer unique insights into human evolution …

In recent decades, an accelerating research effort has exploited a substantial diversity of
methodologies to garner mounting evidence for social learning and culture in many species …

Our understanding of the emergence of technology shapes how we view the origins of
humanity,. Sharp-edged stone flakes, struck from larger cores, are the primary evidence for …

We have learned much about tool use in nonhumans since the discovery of Oldowan stone
tools. Despite the ongoing debate over whether tool use in other animals requires cultural …

The human archaeological record changes over time. Finding such change in other animals
requires similar evidence, namely, a long-term sequence of material culture. Here, we apply …

Since its inception, archaeology has traditionally focused exclusively on humans and our
direct ancestors. However, recent years have seen archaeological techniques applied to …

In 2009, Tennie and colleagues published their controversial Zone of Latent Solutions (ZLS)
hypothesis, which argued that certain species' cultural behaviors represent traits that each …

Anthropogenic disturbances have a detrimental impact on the natural world; the vast
expansion of palm oil monocultures is one of the most significant agricultural influences …

An important extension to our understanding of evolutionary processes has been the
discovery of the roles that individual and social learning play in creating recurring …

The study of the peopling of the Americas has been transformed in the past decade by
astonishing progress in paleogenomic research. Ancient genomes now show that Native …