Online iterated singing paradigm. (A) Participants hear a sequence of tones generated by a computer and reproduce it by singing back. Vocal reproductions are automatically analyzed, synthesized, and ...

The songs of humpback whales represent one of the most intriguing examples of non-human cultural transmission, wherein complex vocal sequences are learned, modified and disseminated among conspecifics ...

Congolese traditional medicine is disappearing. Not due to a lack of usefulness, but due to a lack of space in an ...

This paper emphasizes the two-way causality between the provision of unemployment insurance and the cultural transmission of civicness. The returns to being uncivic are increasing in the generosity of ...

Why breaking down boundaries matters for archaeological research on learning and cultural transmission : an introduction / Miriam T. Stark, Brenda J. Bowser, and Lee Horne -- Patterns, processes, and ...

Many cultural traits are not transmitted independently, but together as a package. This can happen because, for example, media may store information together making it more likely to be transmitted ...

In an exciting study that provides new understanding of how animals learn--and learn from each other--researchers have demonstrated that bats that use frog acoustic cues to find quality prey can ...

The Department of Studies, Forecasting and Statistics of the Ministry of Culture (France) has just published "Cultural practices among young people and transmission institutions: a clash of cultures?" ...

Cultural complexity in chimpanzees depends on migration and interaction between groups, echoing early human patterns of cultural evolution, researchers report in a new study. The findings offer ...

Researchers found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster than genetics. Tim Waring and Zach Wood found that humans are experiencing a 'special ...

Jared Diamond proposed that Eurasia's unique geographic axis of orientation fueled a rapid spread of critical innovations among its societies, leading to a cultural and military dominance over other ...