Cultural diversity is disappearing quickly. Whilst a phylogenetic approach makes explicit the
continuous extinction of cultures, and the generation of new ones, cultural evolutionary …

As economic games have spread from experimental economics to other social sciences, so
too have critiques of their usefulness for drawing inferences about the 'real world'. What …

The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the
human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species …

Inequality between the sexes is pervasive both outside and inside the home. One
contributing factor could be the dispersal of one sex at marriage that sets up sex-specific …

Cooperative networks are essential features of human society. Evolutionary theory
hypothesizes that networks are used differently by men and women, yet the bulk of evidence …

Human children are frequently cared for by non-parental caregivers (alloparents), yet few
studies have conducted systematic alternative hypothesis tests of why alloparents help …

Despite much theorizing, the evolutionary reasons why humans cooperate extensively with
unrelated individuals are still largely unknown. While reciprocity explains many instances of …

Non-maternal carers (allomothers) are hypothesized to lighten the mother's workload,
allowing for the specialized human life history including relatively short interbirth intervals …

To negotiate conflict and navigate status hierarchy, individuals in many species form
coalitions. We describe inter-personal conflicts and assess theories of coalition formation in …

Previous research argues that female choice may not be as powerful an influence on the
evolution of human mating preferences as once expected given the importance of parental …