We propose that human self-domestication favored the emergence of a less aggressive
phenotype in our species, more precisely phenotype prone to replace (reactive) physical …

Highlights•IG shapes natural selection, enhancing survival adaptability.•Cognitive evolution
reflects in human and animal IG capacities.•Mental imagery spans sensory experiences …

The evidence for biased perceptions and judgments in humans coupled with evidence for
ecological rationality in nonhuman animals suggest that the claim that humans are the …

Language evolution has long been researched. I will review a number of broad, emerging
research directions which arguably have the potential to contribute to our understanding of …

That may seem obvious, but a moment's thought will reveal that people often regard any use
of words as linguistic. Consider, for example, a dog that responds appropriately to the verbal …

Visible language is widespread and familiar in everyday life. We find it in shop signs,
advertising billboards, street and place name signs, commercial logos and slogans, and …

Experimental semiotics (ES), the study of “novel forms of communication which people
develop when they cannot use pre-established communication”(Galantucci et al., 2012), has …

The guiding thread of this book is time and how Homo sapiens has been dealing with it
during his journey. Time is present in all human actions, experiences, emotions, and …

Non-figurative prehistoric art is comparatively common yet challenging to decode and hence
to understand. At the heart of the difficulty of assessing the presence of semiotic structure in …

1. Mimate.-Influences of Climate stated; Correspondence of Climate with physical
organization; Effects of the hygrometric state of Atmosphere; Effects of the barometric state; …