The digital transformation is turning archives, both old and new, into data. As a
consequence, automation in the form of artificial intelligence techniques is increasingly …

What is morality? And to what extent does it vary around the world? The theory of “morality-
as-cooperation” argues that morality consists of a collection of biological and cultural …

Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

The origins of religion and of complex societies represent evolutionary puzzles,,,,,,–. The
'moralizing gods' hypothesis offers a solution to both puzzles by proposing that belief in …

To what degree is cultural multi-level selection responsible for the rise of environmentally
transformative human behaviors? And vice versa? From the clearing of vegetation using fire …

Whether upheld as heroic or reviled as terrorism, people have been willing to lay down their
lives for the sake of their groups throughout history. Why? Previous theories of extreme self …

Do human societies from around the world exhibit similarities in the way that they are
structured, and show commonalities in the ways that they have evolved? These are long …

We propose that the global environmental crises of the Anthropocene are the outcome of a
ratcheting process in long-term human evolution which has favoured groups of increased …

Timely, high‐quality mortality data have allowed for assessments of the impact of the novel
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) on life expectancies in upper‐middle‐and high …

During the Holocene, the scale and complexity of human societies increased markedly.
Generations of scholars have proposed different theories explaining this expansion, which …