Abstract Behavioural biology often focuses on identifying general patterns, yet unusual or rare behaviours at both the population and individual level can provide insight into animal behaviour. Here, ...

Cultural learning permeates human skill and knowledge acquisition. To understand its importance for nonhuman apes, we analyzed just under 7000 records of behavioral bouts of social and individual lear...

We are delighted to invite you to our workshop, which marks the culmination of our seminar series on Agency between Biology and Philosophy.The workshop will take place on 22-23 September 2026 • in per...

Social learning is a key factor in the transmission of technological behaviours amongst primates. We studied chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) social intera...

Just as he did in his New York Times bestseller, An Immense World, Ed Yong expands our perception of nature, this time by revealing the astonishing ways living things operate at different scales. "A...

David Clarke died on the 27th June 1976. He was only 38 years old. When he died, he left behind his wife, Stella, and two young children, Andrew and Leonora. Their loss must have been awful.

What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency

Dinosaur poop—possibly from a juvenile T. rex or Nanotyrannus—containing feathers, bone fragments, and fish scales provides a look at a Cretaceous-era food web.

The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite …

Abstract. Understanding cognitive development is fundamental for explaining variation in adult cognitive phenotypes, and thus the processes driving cogniti

Some of our PhD students will give presentations on their ongoing research at an event at UHI Orkney on Thursday, September 10, as part of the second OAS Orkney Archaeology Festival.

Ovenbirds, electric fish, tree frogs and other regional fauna help neuroscientists ask novel research questions in the field.

The SAPIENS podcast speaks with anthropologists from around the globe to help us uncover what makes us human.