New @aeon.co essay just out! On how institutions let us scale trust and cooperation - and when things start to unravel.
Big thanks to editor Sam Dresser.
For the more technical version, see thread & paper below👇
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Today, our response to these commentaries is out! A huge thank you to all commentators for making this such a stimulating exchange. We hope it's useful for anyone interested in evolutionary approaches to culture:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#voxprimato #master #sciencescognitives
inscription au Master de sciences cognitives de l'ENS / UPS / EHESS de Paris, avec spécialité en Psychological science, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive modeling, neurotheory & AI, Social sciences & humanities, Philosophy, Linguistics
date limite 24/02/2026
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Over 20 researchers from evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, cognitive science, or anthropology weighed in with sharp, insightful commentaries.
Last call!
Applications close tomorrow.
Apply to the Master’s program in Cognitive Science at @ENS_ULM, @psl_univ, and @EHESS_fr.
🗓 Deadline: February 24, 2026 (23h59 Paris time)
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Last year, Nicolas Baumard and I published a target article in EHB, where we propose that cultural phenomena emerge from feedbacks between evolved psychology and ecological legacies, the same mechanisms at work in any ecosystem:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Only a few days left to apply to the Cognitive Science Master’s. !!!! Deadline: Feb 24 !!!!
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For those who do not have access to the papers, we have compiled the original paper, the commentaries, and our response into a single file available here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n7wka...
Baumard & André answer to the commentaries to "The ecological approach to culture". An important conversation for everybody interested in application of evolutionary theory to culture.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Baumard and André (B&A) responded to the (many) comments that their original piece (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...).
Their response is linked in Alberto's post. I just got a pdf copy and will read it now; this will be a thread with my first thoughts...
La Société Francophone de Primatologie
Julien Lie-Panis
Jean-Baptiste André
Jean-Baptiste André
Jean-Baptiste André
Jean-Baptiste André
Jean-Baptiste André
Jean-Baptiste André
This paper responds to more than twenty commentaries on The Ecological Approach to Culture, written by researchers in evolutionary biology, behavioral…
