Survival of the Friendliest: Homo sapiens Evolved via Selection for Prosociality

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

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Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

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Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition

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Universal dimensions of social cognition: warmth and competence

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Oxytocin increases trust in humans

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The revolution that wasn't: a new interpretation of the origin of modern human behavior

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Ontogeny and Phylogeny.

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Equal numbers of neuronal and nonneuronal cells make the human brain an isometrically scaled-up primate brain

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Integrative and Separationist Perspectives: Understanding the Causal Role of Cultural Transmission in Human Language Evolution

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Sex differences in associations of socioemotional dispositions measured in childhood and adolescence with brain white matter microstructure 12 years later

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Carl Jung, John Layard and Jordan Peterson

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An Untold Story of Dogs: Clandestine Canine Contributions to Science

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Developments in Research on Cat Cognition and Personality

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Human self-domestication and the evolution of prosody

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Abnormal features of human self‐domestication in bipolar disorder

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Taking confounding factors and life experience seriously

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Ostension, pragmatics, and presumptions of relevance : an investigation of communication cognition in non-human primates

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Sexual Orientation Affects Neural Responses to Subtle Social Aggression Signals

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Toward an evolutionary account of the changes in the human pitch vocal system

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Trabecular bone volume fraction in Holocene and Late Pleistocene humans

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Radicalization and Mental Health

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Dogs as a model to study the emergence of concept manipulation skills for language-readiness

Rácz, D. S., Boros, M., & Andics, A. (2025) · Biologia Futura · doi:10.1007/s42977-025-00267-1 · Cited by 1

Ethics trumps resources in women’s and men’s evaluations of potential mates and competitors

Karthikeyan, S., Aung, T., & Fisher, M. L. (2025) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-025-06611-8 · Cited by 1

Bone health: Age-related changes in diaphyseal structural properties among European Holocene humans during the last 9000 years

Sládek, V., Hora, M., Wall‐Scheffler, C. M., Struška, M., & Berner, M. E. (2025) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adx7981 · Cited by 1

Suicide Avoidance as an Integrative Paradigm for the Study of Human Nature

Soper, C. A., & Shackelford, T. K. (2025) · Evolutionary Psychological Science · doi:10.1007/s40806-025-00444-4 · Cited by 1

Coalitionary Conflict as Ultimate Cause or By-Product of Cooperation

Dreu, C. K. W. D. (2025) · Small Group Research · doi:10.1177/10464964251387353 · Cited by 1

Violent Conflict in the Human Record: A Review of the Bioarchaeological Evidence

Eisner, M., & Peng, C. S. (2025) · Annual Review of Criminology · doi:10.1146/annurev-criminol-032924-011812 · Cited by 1

Dehumanization among children: Conceptualizations, measures and empirical findings

Khanjanian, M., Pouretemad, H., & Karimzadeh, O. (2026) · Cognitive Development · doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2026.101692 · Cited by 1

The overlooked trauma: psychological violence and its impact on PTSD symptoms

Gonçalves, R., Gama, C. M. F., de Souza, S., Xavier, M., Volchan, E., Oliveira, L., Erthal, F. S., Berger, W., Mocaiber, I., & Pereira, M. G. (2026) · European Journal of Psychotraumatology · doi:10.1080/20008066.2026.2649110 · Cited by 1

Social Safety Questionnaire: Development and Validation of a Psychometric Scale Assessing Social Safety and Social Threat

Tsomokos, D. I., Alley, J. C., Mengelkoch, S., Norman, J., & Slavich, G. M. (2026) · Assessment · doi:10.1177/10731911261484451 · Cited by 1

Tools as “petrified memes”: A duality

Korth, C. (2020) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x20000205 · Cited by 1

Are Humans More Like Wolves or Dogs?

Breski, M., & Dor, D. (2021) · Frontiers for Young Minds · doi:10.3389/frym.2021.751566 · Cited by 1

From objectivized morality to objective morality

Jebari, J., & Huebner, B. (2018) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x18000109 · Cited by 1

The Ontogeny and Evolution of Cooperation

Grueneisen, S., & Wyman, E. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108131797.023 · Cited by 1

Structural Violence

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.006 · Cited by 1

Socio-biological Models of Love

Karandashev, V. N. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05343-6_3 · Cited by 1

The Most Demanding Moral Capacity: Could Evolution Provide Any Base?

Bejarano, T. (2022) · Isidorianum · doi:10.46543/isid.2231.1056 · Cited by 1

Methode

Grimm, J. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-37316-0_5 · Cited by 1

Do children help dogs spontaneously?

Reddy, R. B., Echelbarger, M., Toomajian, N., Hammond, T., & Wellman, H. M. (2023) · Human-Animal Interactions · doi:10.1079/hai.2023.0001 · Cited by 1

Social cognition and human aesthetic niche—the evolving human cognition as a participant of human niche construction

Zhu, X. (2023) · F1000Research · doi:10.12688/f1000research.129672.1 · Cited by 1

Quantum Leaps in Human Biocultural Evolution and the Relationship to Cranial Capacity

Weber, G. W. (2023) · Life · doi:10.3390/life13041030 · Cited by 1

Extending and refining the fearful ape hypothesis

Großmann, T. (2023) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x22002837 · Cited by 1

Social Inequalities in Health

McDowell, I. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-28986-6_1 · Cited by 1

Self-Domestication and Normativity: Conditions for the Breakthrough to Speech

Rozov, N. S. (2023) · World-systems evolution and global futures · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30630-3_4 · Cited by 1

Depois da aula, o rolê: a noite e o lazer de jovens universitários em Três Lagoas (MS)

Lima, M. G. (2021) · Editora UNESP eBooks · doi:10.7476/9786557140550.0004 · Cited by 1

Maasai Identify Male Altruists by Facial Appearance

Butovskaya, M., Rostovtseva, V. V., Mezentseva, A. A., & Mabulla, A. Z. P. (2023) · Experimental Psychology (Russia) · doi:10.17759/exppsy.2023160301 · Cited by 1

Being Human in the Twenty-First Century

Brunnhuber, S. (2024) · Sustainable finance · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-48113-0_7 · Cited by 1

Rethinking Sociality in Language Evolution

Raimondi, V. (2024) · Linguistic Frontiers · doi:10.2478/lf-2024-0008 · Cited by 1

Nurturing Compassion in Higher Education: An Evolutionary Developmental Neuroscience Perspective

Ballieux, H. (2024) · Knowledge studies in higher education · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-67543-0_6 · Cited by 1

The Art of Transformation: How We Can Simultaneously Adapt to and Change the World

Brunnhuber, S. (2025) · CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-75566-8_1 · Cited by 1

The Prospect of Human Violence

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.002 · Cited by 1

Narcissistic Group Orientation, Water-like Group Orientation, and Their Relations To In-group Identification

Montoya, R. (2020) · OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) · Cited by 1

Birth Order and Sibling Relationships

Hughes, C. H., & White, N. J. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_836 · Cited by 1

Evolution of Peacefulness

Lents, N. H. (2024) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_241 · Cited by 1

Domesticated PreferencesPreprint

Kimbrough, E. O., Myers, G. M., & Robalino, N. (2025) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.5271183 · Cited by 1

Biological economics: the evolutionary biology of (state) institutions in modern humansPreprint

Pincheira‐Donoso, D. (2026) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.6657120 · Cited by 1

The Evolution of Bilingualism

Mishra, R. K. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92513-4_2

Review of Gregg D. Caruso and Owen Flanagan (eds.), Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, & Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, 2018, 392pp., ISBN: 9780190460730

Huebner, B. (2018) · Neuroethics · doi:10.1007/s12152-018-9381-8

The March for Hegemony

Tuniz, C., & Vipraio, P. T. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-36522-6_3

Human self-domestication

Bednarik, R. G. (2020) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9781003021131-4

De rol van zelfdomesticatie bij de evolutie van de mens

Haaxma, R. (2020) · Neuropraxis · doi:10.1007/s12474-020-00260-5

Developmental Factors in Violence Propensity

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.005

Wie man sich fühlt, so arbeitet man: Aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus Hirnforschung und Psychologie

Prehofer, A. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-33519-9_13

L’homme est-il un animal domestique ?

Hare, B. A., & Woods, V. E. (2021) · Cerveau & Psycho · doi:10.3917/cerpsy.134.0018

Self-Domestication Hypothesis

Mackiel, A. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1818-1

La sociabilité, clé du succès de « sapiens »

Hare, B. A., & Woods, V. E. (2020) · Pour la Science · doi:10.3917/pls.517.0044

Frontal Cortex

Campbell, D. W., & Bao, Z. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_810

The Future of Human Evolution and Technocratic Ideology. Review of Growth by Vaclav Smil

Sharova, N. P. (2021) · The Beacon Journal for Studying Ideologies and Mental Dimensions · doi:10.55269/thebeacon.4.020570007

Pharmaceutical Interventions

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.009

Major UN Initiatives to Address Violence, 1986–2018

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.013

Foreword

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.015

Introduction and Overview

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.001

The Biology of Violence

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.004

Psychosocial Interventions

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.010

Advancing a Global Public Health Response to Violence

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.007

Rewiring Our Expectations

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.012

Changing Structures

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.011

Risk Assessment

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.008

The Roots of Human Violence

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.003

The importance of community for species survival. A sociobiological perspective

Czykwin, E. (2022) · Studia z Teorii Wychowania · doi:10.5604/01.3001.0015.8492

Decline of Violence

Lents, N. H. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_3021

Index

Whittington, R., McGuire, J., & Peres, M. F. T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781139086486.014

Frontal Cortex

Campbell, D. W., & Bao, Z. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_810-1

Human Self-Domestication

Gleeson, B. T. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3856-1

Language origins

Wacewicz, S., & Żywiczyński, P. (2020) · Benjamins current topics · doi:10.1075/bct.112.12wac

Potentiation

Iedema, R. A. M. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-62736-2_5

Literatur

(2020) · Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht eBooks · doi:10.13109/9783666404986.233

Decline of Violence

Lents, N. H. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3021-1

Prosociality

Iedema, R. A. M. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-62736-2_4

Human Self-Domestication

Gleeson, B. T. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_3856

What exactly is “social” about social networks?: Accounting for socio-cultural context in networks of human interaction

Diehl, D. K. (2022) · Quality & Quantity · doi:10.1007/s11135-022-01410-z

Genetics of domesticated behavior in dogs and foxes

Kukekova, A. V., Trut, L. N., & Acland, G. M. (2022) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-85752-9.00007-x · Cited by 1

Self-Domestication Hypothesis

Mackiel, A. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55065-7_1818

From the Fittest as the Friendliest to the Cruellest: How We Can Save Ourselves

Thottappilly, G. G. (2019) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.4130589

The “Three Terminals” Mechanism of Pro-Social Behavior

李, 琎. (2022) · Advances in Social Sciences · doi:10.12677/ass.2022.118450

Language evolution in a context of increased socialization: the self-domestication approachPreprint

Nikolsky, A., & Benítez‐Burraco, A. (2022) · PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/g6rbj

Prähistorische Reflexion 1: Höhlenzeit

Grimm, J. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-37316-0_7

Ergebnisse 4: Erklärungsmodelle und multivariate Analyse

Grimm, J. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-37316-0_11

Prähistorische Reflexion 2: Anthropologie der Höhle

Grimm, J. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-37316-0_10

Fossil and genetic evidence for Neanderthal introgression

Herrera, R. J., & Garcia‐Bertrand, R. (2023) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-819086-9.00006-3

Biosocial complexity and the skull

White, S., & Menéndez, L. P. (2023) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-821383-4.00008-5

Bibliographie

(2023) · Le Journal des psychologues · doi:10.3917/jdp.403.0054

The Human Mind: Relationship of Evolutionary Imperatives on Discerning Truth

Velanovich, V. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30371-5_3

Heightened fearfulness as a developmental adaptation

Bjorklund, D. F., & Blasi, C. H. (2023) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x22001996

The human fear paradox turns out to be less paradoxical when global changes in human aggression and language evolution are considered

Benítez‐Burraco, A., & Progovac, L. (2023) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x22001947

Between Michigan and Rochester: Identity-based thinking is cognitively primary

Bendor, J., & Petrov, P. (2023) · Social Science Information · doi:10.1177/05390184231170567

Structuring the Conceptual Field: Typologies, Paradigms, and Results

Rozov, N. S. (2023) · World-systems evolution and global futures · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30630-3_1

Prioritization strategies for environmental cognition in dogs: spatial memory or olfactory memoryPreprint

Shao-Qin, F. A. N. G., Li, J., Chao, C. H. E. N., Zhang, Z., Hu, X. U., Jian, C. A. O., Kui, W. A. N., Shi, Q. I. U., Xi-Gu, L. I., & HUANG, Q.-Y. (2023) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3153197/v1

Evaluating the self‐domestication hypothesis of human evolution

Sánchez‐Villagra, M. R., & van Schaik, C. P. (2019) · Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.21777 · Cited by 115

Human Self-Domestication

Gleeson, B. T. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3856-1

On Human Evolution by Means of Self-Domestication

Rebato, E., Jelenkovic, A., & Damborenea, A. (2026) · Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe eBooks · doi:10.12657/978-83-7986-598-7-15

Hypotheses for the Evolution of Reduced Reactive Aggression in the Context of Human Self-Domestication

Wrangham, R. W. (2019) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01914 · Cited by 97

Domesticated bliss

Graham, K. E. (2021) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.033