Is human culture cumulative?

Autor: K Krist Vaesen, WN Wybo Houkes

Publikováno v: Current Anthropology, 62(2), 218-238. University of Chicago

It has been claimed that a unique feature of human culture is that it accumulates beneficial modifications over time. On the basis of a couple of methodological considerations, we here argue that, perhaps surprisingly, there is insufficient evidence

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https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/d48ee9d6-7221-4253-982e-2877a8e8c129

Middle Pleistocene fire use: The first signal of widespread cultural diffusion in human evolution

Autor: Eva van Veen, Katharine MacDonald, Wil Roebroeks, Fulco Scherjon, K Krist Vaesen

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 118(31):e2101108118. National Academy of Sciences

Control of fire is one of the most important technological innovations within the evolution of humankind. The archaeological signal of fire use becomes very visible from around 400,000 y ago onward. Interestingly, this occurs at a geologically simila

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8346817

Social information use and social information waste

Autor: Alberto Acerbi, Olivier Morin, Pierre O. Jacquet, K Krist Vaesen

Publikováno v: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The, 2021, 376 (1828), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2020.0052⟩
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 376(1828):20200052. Royal Society of London
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021, 376 (1828), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2020.0052⟩

Social information is immensely valuable. Yet we waste it. The information we get from observing other humans and from communicating with them is a cheap and reliable informational resource. It is considered the backbone of human cultural evolution.

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https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0052

An emerging consensus in palaeoanthropology: demography was the main factor responsible for the disappearance of Neanderthals

Autor: Gerrit L. Dusseldorp, K Krist Vaesen, Mark J. Brandt

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, 11:4925. Nature Publishing Group
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports, 11, 4925
Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)

The causes of Neanderthal disappearance about 40,000 years ago remain highly contested. Over a dozen serious hypotheses are currently endorsed to explain this enigmatic event. Given the relatively large number of contending explanations and the relat

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https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/917f6ad4-a1ba-478f-b067-92a3c9ecf8bb

Grant writing and grant peer review as questionable research practices

Autor: Andreas De Block, K Krist Vaesen, Stijn Conix

Publikováno v: F1000Research, 10:1126. F1000 Research Ltd

A large part of governmental research funding is currently distributed through the peer review of project proposals. In this paper, we argue that such funding systems incentivize and even force researchers to violate five moral values, each of which

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https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.73893.2