Philo Sophies17h ago

🧠 #CulturalEvolution – Why #Brains need to interact 🧑‍🧑‍🧒

📺 https://youtu.be/C2FVIbAyaH4

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/03/22/kann-das-gehirn-das-gehirn-verstehen/

#CulturalEvolution #Consciousness #Neuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #WolfSinger #PhilosophyOfMind #Interaction #SocialCognition #NeuralCorrelates #NCCP #Qualia #Self #I #Enactivism #ComplexSystems #NonlinearDynamics #FreeWill #Responsibility #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #QuantumPhysics #AntonZeilinger

Simon LohseMar 11
📖 Published today (ebook): *Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology* Edited by Martina Valković & @[email protected] www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1... #philsci #socialontology #culturalevolution

Cultural Evolution and Social ...
Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology | Interdisciplinary Perspective

This volume explores connections between two growing and complementary fields of research: cultural evolutionary theory and social ontology. It sheds light on

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Primatology.netFeb 13
New paper explores how primates co-construct cultures with each other and with humans in shared landscapes, challenging century-old assumptions about what counts as “natural” behavior. #PrimateCulture #AnthropologicalScience #CulturalEvolution https://www.primatology.net/p/when-macaques-started-washing-sweet
When Macaques Started Washing Sweet Potatoes, We Weren't Ready to Call It Culture

How a 70-year delay in translation reveals our blindness to what we think makes us human

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News BeepJan 21

Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi

All dating work was undertaken at the BIOMICS laboratory in the Geoarchaeology and Archaeometry Research Group (GARG) of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Archaeology #Culturalevolution #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/367952/

Anthropology.netNov 25

RE: https://sciences.social/@primatology/115607653707738469

Wild orangutan diets are mastered via cultural learning. Modeling confirms social absence halts full dietary acquisition, indicating cumulative culture's deep evolutionary roots in great apes. #Hominidae #CulturalEvolution #PrimateStudies

RumpyNov 1
#DEI must change. Free speech empowers individuals to challenge prevailing norms, question authority, and advocate for change, driving social and cultural evolution. #SocialChange #CulturalEvolution
Anthropology.netOct 25
Across 90 societies, social norms have softened: people are freer, but also more mindful of harm. A new global study reveals how the moral rules of everyday life are quietly evolving. #CulturalEvolution #SocialNorms #Anthropology #HumanBehavior https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-age-of-permission-how-the-rules
The Age of Permission: How the Rules That Shape Everyday Life Are Changing

A sweeping global study reveals that human societies have grown more tolerant of individual freedom—but less forgiving of inconsiderate behavior.

Anthropology.net
Anthropology.netOct 8
New @science.org Advances model finds all small-scale societies—from Inuit to Amazonian farmers—obey the same law of innovation: each new tool costs more than it gives. The politics of invention began long before the state.
#Anthropology #Archaeology #CulturalEvolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-politics-of-tools-how-small-scale
The Politics of Tools: How Small-Scale Societies Engineered the First Technologies of Power

Even the simplest toolkits, those of hunter-gatherers & early farmers, follow deep mathematical laws of innovation, revealing how efficiency, scarcity & identity shaped hierarchies

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snorlax8917 at KillBaitSep 18, 2025

Cultural Evolution May Be Shaping Humanity More Than Genetics, Researchers Suggest

Researchers from the University of Maine propose that human evolution is being increasingly influenced by cultural practices rather than genetics. In a study published in BioScience, Timothy M. Waring and Zachary T. Wood argue that culture is now the primary driver of human adaptation. While genetic... [More info]

porygon1492 at KillBaitSep 18, 2025

Cultural Evolution May Be Shaping Humanity More Than Genetics, Researchers Suggest

I think leaning more on cultural systems could open up huge opportunities for fairness and collective progress, since we can adapt faster than biology ever could. The challenge, though, is making sure those systems stay inclusive and don’t just reinforce inequality. It’s all about how we shape them ...

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