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This project investigates the evolution of cultural capabilities in humans, such as social learning and innovation. It employs innovative analytical techniques to understand the biological basis of these abilities and their impact on human adaptation.
The capacity for culture is clearly a critical factor underlying the success of our species, but how and why did it evolve?
What are the selection pressures that favoured the evolution of cultural capabilities (e.g. social learning, innovation, teaching), and how has selection fashioned these to operate efficiently?
The study of such abilities is central to a broad range of disciplines, and significant progress in the scientific understanding of their origin and operation will ripple out to exer…
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
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