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Charting the evolution of European literature

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Oleg Sobchuk has received an ERC Starting Grant to study 200 years of European literary evolution

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Exploration and dispersal are key traits involved in a rapid range expansion

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Researchers find that behavioral flexibility is related to exploration, and that great-tailed grackles disperse farther at their range edge

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When the city comes to you, get flexible; when you go to the city, be persistent

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Researchers find that foraging behavior breadth, persistence, and variability of flexibility could facilitate a rapid geographic range expansion

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Beyond the alpha male

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Primate studies challenge male-dominance norms

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Language connection discovered in chimpanzee brains

Human Origins
Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

The architecture for complex communication already existed in the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees

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First evidence of mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

New study finds wild chimpanzees do not show disorganised attachment

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The origins of language

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human…

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Modelling the demography of agricultural transitions

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Researchers develop a new potential standard tool for studying prehistoric transitional periods

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Breaking the 'us versus them' paradigm

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Economic need and past actions affect whether there is cooperation or antagonism between groups

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Dialects in chimpanzees

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Study shows human influence has led to loss of chimpanzee culture and calls for conservation strategies to include preserving cultural distinctiveness

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Quantitative Cultural Evolution celebrates its 50th anniversary

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Special feature explores the origins, development, and future of a multidisciplinary field of research

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Local food production saves costs and carbon

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Study highlights economic and environmental efficiency of Indigenous harvesting in the Canadian Arctic communities

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Taking the lead in music

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

First-mover advantage may be key to success in the music industry

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How and why animals can live alongside humans

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

New study suggests animals can live alongside humans—if they are risk-analysis experts

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The cultural evolution of collective property rights

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

New simulation model shows that the evolution of sustainable institutions critically depends on clearly defined and enforced access rights

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Cultural transmission in women’s subsistence networks

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Women’s foraging groups provide important opportunities for children and adolescents to learn crucial subsistence skills

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Chimpanzees use hilltops to conduct reconnaissance on rival groups

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Research on neighbouring chimpanzee communities in the forests of West Africa suggests a warfare tactic not previously seen beyond humans is regularly…

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Wild chimpanzees show capacity to combine meanings within utterances

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

New study reveals that wild chimpanzees use vocal sequences to denote a wide range of co-occurring or sequential daily events

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Behavior is the secret to success for a range expansion

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Researchers find that behavioral flexibility and persistence help species, like the great-tailed grackle, expand their range and adapt to new habitats

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Memory, forgetting, and social learning

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Simulation model shows how groups can keep important information around within and across generations

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