The findings challenge one of the most influential explanations for the evolution of intelligence: the ‘social brain hypothesis’, which argues that larger brains evolved primarily to manage complex so...

Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is a leading international centre in sustainability science at Stockholm University. The Centre advances scientific understanding of the dynamic interactions between

Higher education is linked to Western cultural values worldwide, according to new research co-authored by LSE analysing data from 95 countries.

What is the CBS Superlab? With the release of the ACBS Task Force Report on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research, high-level discussion around how to roll out the propo...

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests something else is going on

New data from Sudan question an influential approach to reducing female genital cutting

S4E1: Dr. Michael Muthukrishna

Michael Muthukrishna wants to integrate the science of human beings, from genes to culture to our environments, into ‘a theory of everyone.’ Doing so, he says, is key to advancing social and…

Measuring and ranking countries’ efforts to protect animal and plant life will incentivise us to achieve a better future

Artificial Intelligence could dramatically boost educational outcomes and close gaps – but only if policymakers take a human-centred, systems-level approach to AI integration. Cultural evolution, t...

The Nature Relationship Index offers a new way to measure and engage human aspirations to shape a better future for people and all life on Earth.

6.30pm Sat 21 Jun | Roger Highfield, Suhair Khan, Isabel Losada, Michael Muthukrishna | Free event at LSE Festival: Visions for the Future | Ticket required

Information about booking your free tickets for the LSE Festival 2025: Visions for the future

LSE Festival: Visions for the Future. Join us for a series of free events in London taking place from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 June 2025.

The remarkable ecological success of humans is often attributed to our ability to develop complex cultural artefacts that enable us to cope with environmental challenges. The evolution of complex culture (cumulative cultural evolution) is usually ...

In an era of open data, genome-wide association studies have become entangled with efforts to prove Black inferiority.

culture, evolution, cooperation, and sustainability

Ukraine, America, and What The Zelensky-Trump-Vance Blow-up Means for the World