Journal :: Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
2009
Cooperative breeding and human cognitive evolutionPDF
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 18(5):175--186, 2009
Abstract Despite sharing a recent common ancestor, humans are surprisingly different from other great apes. The most obvious discontinuities are related to our cognitive abilities, including language, but we also have a markedly different, cooperative breeding system. ...
The emergence of human uniqueness: Characters underlying behavioral modernity
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 18(5):187--200, 2009
Abstract Although scientists are aware that humans share the same biological heritage as do all other organisms on the planet, the reliance of Homo sapiens on culture and cooperation has resulted in what can best be described as a spectacular evolutionary ...