A mere few decades ago, culture was thought a unique human attribute. Evidence to the
contrary accumulated through the latter part of the twentieth century and has exploded in the …

The dominant view of cumulative technological culture suggests that high-fidelity
transmission rests upon a high-fidelity copying ability, which allows individuals to reproduce …

From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce
and transmit culture is radically changing. Understanding the consequences of the massive …

Understanding the evolution of human technology is key to solving the mystery of our
origins. Current theories propose that technology evolved through the accumulation of …

The unique cumulative nature of human culture has often been explained by high-fidelity
copying mechanisms found only in human social learning. However, transmission chain …

It has been argued that teaching promotes the accurate transmission of cultural traits and
eventually leads to cumulative cultural evolution (CCE). However, previous studies have …

This paper begins with an analysis of Tennie's account of hominin culture: the claims that
cumulative culture depends on a distinctive form of social learning; that that form of social …

High-fidelity cultural transmission, rather than brute intelligence, is the secret of our species'
success, or so many cultural evolutionists claim. It has been selected because it ensures the …

The cultural reproduction of lithic technology, long an implicit assumption of archaeological
theories, has garnered increasing attention over the past decades. Major debates ranging …

The ability to transmit information between individuals through social learning is a
foundational component of cultural evolution. However, how this transmission occurs is still …