Our species-unique capacity for cumulative culture relies on a complex interplay between social and cognitive motivations. Attempting to understand much of human behaviour will be incomplete if one of these motivations is the focus at the expense of the other. Anchored in gene-culture co-evolution theory, we stake a claim for the importance of social drivers in determining why shamans exist
This article reviews the origins of the concept of the shaman and the principal sources of controver...
Singh proposes a cultural evolutionary theory of shamanic practices, including trance. We argue that...
Humans exhibit extensive large-scale cooperation, of a form unprecedented in the natural world. Here...
Human social life is uniquely complex and diverse. Much of that complexity and diversity arises from...
The three pieces collectively address the universal human challenge of psychosocial behaviour and di...
I characterize the shaman{\crq}s figure and influence on the society in my work. Further I deal with...
International audienceI applaud Singh's proposition to use evolutionary psychology to explain the re...
Most work in the cognitive sciences focuses on the manner in which an individual device-- be it a mi...
‘Shamanism’ is a problematic and contested concept. After Westerners first heard the term in Siberia...
<div><p>There is evidence that the sharing of intentions was an important factor in the evolution of...
based on cross-cultural research. This approach ex-pands earlier theoretical interpretations offered...
Cumulative culture, where innovations are incorporated progressively into a population's stock of sk...
Humans are an ultrasocial species. This sociality, however, cannot be fully explained by the canonic...
Cumulative culture is believed to be a uniquely human form of social learning, and is therefore beli...
In humans, cultural traditions often change in ways which increase efficiency and functionality. Thi...
This article reviews the origins of the concept of the shaman and the principal sources of controver...
Singh proposes a cultural evolutionary theory of shamanic practices, including trance. We argue that...
Humans exhibit extensive large-scale cooperation, of a form unprecedented in the natural world. Here...
Human social life is uniquely complex and diverse. Much of that complexity and diversity arises from...
The three pieces collectively address the universal human challenge of psychosocial behaviour and di...
I characterize the shaman{\crq}s figure and influence on the society in my work. Further I deal with...
International audienceI applaud Singh's proposition to use evolutionary psychology to explain the re...
Most work in the cognitive sciences focuses on the manner in which an individual device-- be it a mi...
‘Shamanism’ is a problematic and contested concept. After Westerners first heard the term in Siberia...
<div><p>There is evidence that the sharing of intentions was an important factor in the evolution of...
based on cross-cultural research. This approach ex-pands earlier theoretical interpretations offered...
Cumulative culture, where innovations are incorporated progressively into a population's stock of sk...
Humans are an ultrasocial species. This sociality, however, cannot be fully explained by the canonic...
Cumulative culture is believed to be a uniquely human form of social learning, and is therefore beli...
In humans, cultural traditions often change in ways which increase efficiency and functionality. Thi...
This article reviews the origins of the concept of the shaman and the principal sources of controver...
Singh proposes a cultural evolutionary theory of shamanic practices, including trance. We argue that...
Humans exhibit extensive large-scale cooperation, of a form unprecedented in the natural world. Here...