A recent developmental study reveals that—at least in primates—a slow life history might be a prerequisite for skilled manipulation and technological behavior.
Temporal aspects of child and adolescent time allocation in diverse cultural settings have been difficult to model using conventional statistical techniques.
Across diverse societies, task assignment is a socialization practice that gradually builds children's instrumental skills and integrates them into the flow of daily activities in their community.
Behavior is a way for organisms to respond flexibly to the environmental conditions they encounter.
We examine the relationship between niche construction theory (NCT) and human behavioral ecology (HBE), two branches of evolutionary science that are important sources of theory in archeology.
Ancient human and animal DNA can remain stably localized in sediments, preserved in microscopic fragments of bone and feces
Denisova Cave has yielded new Denisovan remains associated with archaeological artifacts in its lowermost layers dating to 200,000 years ago
Sediment DNA tracks 300,000 years of hominin and animal presence at Denisova Cave
Ancient genomes shed new light on the earliest Europeans and their relationships with Neandertals
The games we play reflect the socio-ecological characteristics of the culture that we are in
Researchers use a computer model to explain how children integrate information during word learning
DNA from 136 ancient Iberians reveals genomic and social transformations during the Copper Age to Bronze Age transition in southwestern Europe
Genomic study reveals an indigenous Bronze Age population that was genetically isolated but culturally cosmopolitan
Scientists from all over the world have published guidelines for how human remains should be handled
Scientists screened 1,785 ancient humans genomes from the last 45,000 years for parental relatedness
Frequent cultural, genetic, and social change epitomises the history of central Europe from the Stone Age to the Early Bronze Age
International research team isolates DNA from modern human buried 7,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi
Research team reconstructs genetic histories and social organisation in Neolithic and Bronze Age Croatia
To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality.
Researchers in ecology and evolutionary biology are increasingly dependent on computational code to conduct research.