Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift — driven not by genes, but by culture. In a paper published in the Oxford ...

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Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Knowing how cultural evolution happens also means we can harness it for the larger good, creating a more just and sustainable world, according to a new article. Evolution goes beyond the genetic code ...

It’s widely accepted conventional wisdom that when it comes to creative works—TV shows, films, music, books—consumers crave an optimal balance between novelty and familiarity. What we choose to ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Humans have evolved drastically in a relatively short time, but what drives this change? Anthropologist ...

This post is in response to How Culture Makes Us Smarter By Steve Stewart-Williams Ph.D. Are we big-brained mammals who have out-evolved ourselves? 'The evidence for the hypothesis that cultural ...