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Children's imitation of costly rituals: Insights into early cultural learning 儿童对昂贵仪式的模仿：对早期文化学习的洞察

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106706

Mingxuan Zhao , Frankie T.K. Fong , Andrew Whiten , Mark Nielsen

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Why collective music-making is sometimes rare: A study of four indigenous societies 为什么集体音乐创作有时很罕见：对四个土著社会的研究

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106695

Dor Shilton , Aniruddh D. Patel , Kim Hill , Chris von Rueden

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Ecology and the production of cultural materials: Two empirical illustrations 生态与文化材料的生产：两个实证例证

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106692

Pascal Boyer

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Multivariate mate choice constrains mate preference evolution 多元配偶选择制约着配偶偏好进化

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106694

Kaitlyn T. Harper, Brendan P. Zietsch

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Using inclusive fitness and eco-evolutionary theory to model cultural evolution 运用包容性适应和生态进化理论来模拟文化进化

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106693

Ryosuke Iritani , Stuart A. West

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Ecological theory and the conundrums of culture 生态理论与文化难题

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106691

Polly Wiessner

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Owing others: debt, welfare tradeoffs, and the social emotions 欠他人：债务、福利权衡和社会情感

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106690

Maria Brackin , Hugo Mercier

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Early hominins and the reversal of dominance hierarchy 早期人类和统治等级的逆转

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106688

Michael McBride

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Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study 跨文化证据表明，群体间冲突会提高对主导型领导者的偏好：一项25个国家的研究

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106674

Lasse Laustsen , Xiaotian Sheng , M. Ghufran Ahmad , Laith Al-Shawaf , Benjamin Banai , Irena Pavela Banai , Michael Barlev , Nicolas Bastardoz , Alexander Bor , Joey T. Cheng , Anna Chmielińska , Alexandra Cook , Kyriaki Fousiani , Zachary H. Garfield , Maliki Ghossainy , Shang E. Ha , Tingting Ji , Benedict C. Jones , Michal Kandrik , Catherine Chiugo Kanu , Mark van Vugt

{"title":"Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study","authors":"Lasse Laustsen , Xiaotian Sheng , M. Ghufran Ahmad , Laith Al-Shawaf , Benjamin Banai , Irena Pavela Banai , Michael Barlev , Nicolas Bastardoz , Alexander Bor , Joey T. Cheng , Anna Chmielińska , Alexandra Cook , Kyriaki Fousiani , Zachary H. Garfield , Maliki Ghossainy , Shang E. Ha , Tingting Ji , Benedict C. Jones , Michal Kandrik , Catherine Chiugo Kanu , Mark van Vugt","doi":"10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106674","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106674","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Across societies and across history, seemingly dominant, authoritarian leaders have emerged frequently, often rising to power based on widespread popular support. One prominent theory holds that evolved psychological mechanisms of followership regulate citizens' leadership preferences such that dominant individuals are intuitively attributed leadership qualities when followers face intergroup conflicts like war. A key hypothesis based on this theory is that followers across the world should upregulate their preferences for dominant leaders the more they perceive the present situation as conflict-ridden. From this conflict hypothesis, we generate and test four concrete predictions using a novel dataset including 5008 participants residing in 25 countries from different world regions (consisting of a mix of convenience and approximately representative country-specific samples). Specifically, we combine experimental techniques, validated psychological scales, and macro-level indicators of intergroup conflict to gauge people's preferences for dominant leadership. Across four independent tests, results broadly support the notion that the presence of intergroup conflict increases follower preferences for dominant leaders. Thus, our results provide robust cross-cultural support for the existence of an adaptive, tribal followership psychology, a finding that has various implications for understanding contemporary politics and international relations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55159,"journal":{"name":"Evolution and Human Behavior","volume":"46 3","pages":"Article 106674"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143923380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Within-species variation eclipses between-species differences in Pan consolation 种内变异盖过了种间差异

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Evolution and Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106682

Jake S. Brooker , Christine E. Webb , Stephanie Kordon , Frans B.M. de Waal , Zanna Clay

{"title":"Within-species variation eclipses between-species differences in Pan consolation","authors":"Jake S. Brooker , Christine E. Webb , Stephanie Kordon , Frans B.M. de Waal , Zanna Clay","doi":"10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106682","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106682","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Empathy and its subcomponents are well documented throughout the animal kingdom, indicating the deep evolutionary origins of this socioemotional capacity. A key behavioural marker of empathy is consolation, or unsolicited bystander affiliation directed towards distressed others. Consolation has been observed in our closest living relatives, bonobos (<em>Pan paniscus</em>) and chimpanzees (<em>P. troglodytes</em>). However, systematic comparisons are absent, despite potential for interspecific differences. Bonobos are often considered less aggressive, more emotionally sensitive, and more socially tolerant than chimpanzees—key characteristics purported to drive consolation. Furthermore, social and individual factors also appear to drive intraspecific variation in empathy. To address within- and between-species variability in <em>Pan</em> consolation, we systematically tested the consolatory tendencies of <em>N</em> = 40 bonobos and <em>N</em> = 50 chimpanzees. Bonobos and chimpanzees exhibited similar consolation tendencies; however, within-species analyses revealed further similarities and variation. Bonobo consolation was most often directed towards and received by younger individuals, while chimpanzee consolation was most often directed towards close social partners. In addition, males and females of both species showed decreased consolation with age, with some evidence for chimpanzee males consoling more than young females. Our findings support the notion that within-species variation in <em>Pan</em> socio-emotional abilities is greater than between-species differences, highlighting the presence of striking behavioural diversity across our two closest cousins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55159,"journal":{"name":"Evolution and Human Behavior","volume":"46 3","pages":"Article 106682"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143863564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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