Paul Smaldino: UC DavisThe lives of social animals, none more so than humans, are shaped by cooperative interactions. Sharing, exchange, and synergy are the name of the game. Understanding the […]
Mirta Galesic: Santa Fe InstituteThe importance and scale of cooperation in human societies is unmatched among other primates and is considered to be a major contributor to our species’ exceptional […]
Jeff Winking: Texas A&MFathering traditionally played a central role in the evolutionary stories of human marriage. Paternal investment proved a convincing lynchpin linking together numerous hallmark aspects of the human […]
Chris Kuzawa: Northwestern UniversityHumans are unusual in having a childhood stage characterized by a prolonged period of exceptionally slow growth. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain why humans have […]
Robbie Wilson: University of QueenslandAnimals routinely compete for access to limited resources, including food, territories or mates. Because combat is energetically costly and increases the risk of injury or death, […]
Rose Scott: UC MercedA large part of our daily lives involves interpreting other people’s behavior in terms of their underlying mental states. In particular, the capacity to recognize that others […]
Ed Vul: UC San DiegoHuman behavior is robust, adaptable, and, human behavior often deviates from the utility maximizing "rational" agent. This is usually attributed to people relying on an assortment […]
Jerry Siegel: UCLAHow did humans sleep before the modern era? Because the tools to measure sleep under natural conditions were developed long after the invention of the electric devices suspected […]
Athena Vouloumanos: New York UniversityLike many animals, human infants have biases for the vocalizations of their own species, preferring speech to many non-speech sounds just hours after birth. How do […]
Anne Warlaumont: University of California, MercedHumans use a wide variety of types of vocal signals to communicate with other humans. Some of these sounds, such as crying, shrieking, and laughing, […]
