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Ideas

Topic: Evolutionary Psychology

Publication

Experimental evidence that penis size, height, and body shape influence assessment of male sexual attractiveness and fighting ability in humans

Recommended Citation Aich, U., Tan, C., Bathgate, R., Blake, K. R., Capp, R. C. S., Kuek, J. C., Wong, B. B. M., Mautz, B. S., & Jennion...

Michael Jennions Michael Jennions

Publication

Causal Cognition and Theory of Mind in Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology

Lombard, Marlize and Peter Gärdenfors. 2021. Causal Cognition and Theory of Mind in Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology. Biological Theory. h...

Peter Gärdenfors Peter Gärdenfors Marlize Lombard Marlize Lombard

Publication

Evolutionary Mechanisms of Teaching

Gärdenfors, Peter, and Anders Högberg. 2015. Evolutionary Mechanisms of Teaching. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 38 (June): e41. doi:10.1017/...

Peter Gärdenfors Peter Gärdenfors Anders Högberg Anders Högberg

Publication

Bridging Theory and Bow Hunting: Human Cognitive Evolution and Archaeology

Coolidge, Frederick L, Miriam Noël Haidle, Marlize Lombard, and Thomas Wynn. 2016. Bridging Theory and Bow Hunting: Human Cognitive Evolutio...

Marlize Lombard Marlize Lombard

Publication

Tracking the evolution of causal cognition in humans

Lombard, Marlize and Peter Gärdenfors. 2017. Tracking the evolution of causal cognition in humans. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 95, ...

Peter Gärdenfors Peter Gärdenfors Marlize Lombard Marlize Lombard

Publication

Demonstration and Pantomime in the Evolution of Teaching

Gärdenfors, Peter. 2017. Demonstration and Pantomime in the Evolution of Teaching. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg...

Peter Gärdenfors Peter Gärdenfors

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Causal Cognition, Force Dynamics and Early Hunting Technologies

Gärdenfors, Peter and Marlize Lombard. 2018. Causal Cognition, Force Dynamics and Early Hunting Technologies. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. ht...

Peter Gärdenfors Peter Gärdenfors Marlize Lombard Marlize Lombard

Project

Deconstructing Shadows: Human behaviour through the prism of evolution

This project involves an in-depth analysis of human behaviour from an evolutionary perspective, as a basis for integrating our modern understanding of behavioural psychology with its neurobiological basis.

Raphael (Ray) Melmed Raphael (Ray) Melmed