A key issue in animal behaviour is the need to understand variation in behavioural
responses to human-induced rapid environmental change (HIREC) such as habitat loss …

Social animals including humans share a range of social mechanisms that are automatic
and implicit and enable learning by observation. Learning from others includes imitation of …

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and
language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human …

Transfer Entropy Page 1 Chapter 4 Transfer Entropy In this chapter we get to the essential
mathematics of the book—a detailed discussion of transfer entropy. To begin with we look at …

Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge by copying others.
Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing …

Social insects make elaborate use of simple mechanisms to achieve seemingly complex
behavior and may thus provide a unique resource to discover the basic cognitive elements …

The nutritional manipulations of the rumen microbiome to enhance productivity and health
are rather limited by the resilience of the ecosystem once established in the mature rumen …

Some researchers have claimed that chimpanzee and human culture rest on homologous
cognitive and learning mechanisms. While clearly there are some homologous mechanisms …

Many biologists are calling for an'extended evolutionary synthesis' that would'modernize the
modern synthesis' of evolution. Biological information is typically considered as being …

Highlights•Birds can show cultural behaviour across multiple behavioural
contexts.•Evolutionary theory is a useful tool to examine cultural change over time.•I review …