New Chimpanzee Culture Discovered
Chimpanzees have a more elaborate and diversified material culture than any other nonhuman primate. Researchers have discovered new behaviors in a wild population of chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These behaviors include the use of tools to harvest ants and stingless bees.
The Evolutionary Benefits of Cooperation
Why do we look after each other’s children, feed each other, and cover for each other at work?
Culture: the Engine of Human Adaptation
Humans can rapidly adapt to much wider range of circumstances than any other creature.
Monsters Incorporated
When was the last time you were stalked and attacked by a hungry mountain lion—or any other large predator for that matter?
The Roots of Human Aggression
Humans are more often at peace than at war; we cooperate more than we conflict. In fact, there is mounting evidence that cooperation may be acentral facet in explaining our success as a species.