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An agent-based model of group decision-making in baboons (2012)
Book Chapter
Hill, R., Sellers, W., Logan, B., & Zapala, J. (2012). An agent-based model of group decision-making in baboons. In A. Seth, T. Prescott, & J. Bryson (Eds.), Modelling Natural Action Selection (454-476). Cambridge University Press

Evolutionary approaches to sport (2012)
Book Chapter
Wiedemann, D., Barton, R., & Hill, R. (2012). Evolutionary approaches to sport. In S. Roberts (Ed.), Applied Evolutionary Psychology (290-307). Oxford University Press

Dimensional analysis and dimensional reasoning (2012)
Book Chapter
Bissell, J. (2012). Dimensional analysis and dimensional reasoning. In C. Bissell, & C. Dillon (Eds.), Ways of thinking, ways of seeing : mathematical and other modelling in engineering and technology (29-47). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25209-9_2

This chapter explores some of the ways physical dimensions, such as length, mass and time, impact on the work of scientists and engineers. Two main themes are considered: dimensional analysis, which involves deriving algebraic expressions to relate q... Read More about Dimensional analysis and dimensional reasoning.

Adult Learners in a Novel Environment Use Prestige-Biased Social Learning (2012)
Journal Article
Atkisson, C., Mesoudi, A., & O'Brien, M. (2012). Adult Learners in a Novel Environment Use Prestige-Biased Social Learning. Evolutionary Psychology, 10(3), 519-537

Social learning (learning from others) is evolutionarily adaptive under a wide range of conditions and is a long-standing area of interest across the social and biological sciences. One social-learning mechanism derived from cultural evolutionary the... Read More about Adult Learners in a Novel Environment Use Prestige-Biased Social Learning.

Paternal kin recognition in the high frequency / ultrasonic range in a solitary foraging mammal (2012)
Journal Article
Kessler, S. E., Scheumann, M., Nash, L. T., & Zimmermann, E. (2012). Paternal kin recognition in the high frequency / ultrasonic range in a solitary foraging mammal. BMC Ecology, 12(1), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-12-26

Background Kin selection is a driving force in the evolution of mammalian social complexity. Recognition of paternal kin using vocalizations occurs in taxa with cohesive, complex social groups. This is the first investigation of paternal kin recognit... Read More about Paternal kin recognition in the high frequency / ultrasonic range in a solitary foraging mammal.

An Experimental Test of the Accumulated Copying Error Model of Cultural Mutation for Acheulean Handaxe Size (2012)
Journal Article
Kempe, M., Lycett, S., & Mesoudi, A. (2012). An Experimental Test of the Accumulated Copying Error Model of Cultural Mutation for Acheulean Handaxe Size. PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article e48333. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048333

Archaeologists interested in explaining changes in artifact morphology over long time periods have found it useful to create models in which the only source of change is random and unintentional copying error, or ‘cultural mutation’. These models can... Read More about An Experimental Test of the Accumulated Copying Error Model of Cultural Mutation for Acheulean Handaxe Size.

Word Diffusion and Climate Science (2012)
Journal Article
Bentley, R., Garnett, P., O'Brien, M., & Brock, W. (2012). Word Diffusion and Climate Science. PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article e47966. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047966

As public and political debates often demonstrate, a substantial disjoint can exist between the findings of science and the impact it has on the public. Using climate-change science as a case example, we reconsider the role of scientists in the infor... Read More about Word Diffusion and Climate Science.

Visual Diet versus Associative Learning as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences (2012)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, L., Tovée, M., & Pollett, T. (2012). Visual Diet versus Associative Learning as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences. PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article e48691. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048691

Systematic differences between populations in their preferences for body size may arise as a result of an adaptive ‘prepared learning’ mechanism, whereby cues to health or status in the local population are internalized and affect body preferences. A... Read More about Visual Diet versus Associative Learning as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences.

The impact of past climate change on genetic variation and population connectivity in the Icelandic arctic fox (2012)
Journal Article
Mellows, A., Barnett, R., Dalén, L., Sandoval-Castellanos, E., Linderholm, A., McGovern, T. H., Church, M. J., & Larson, G. (2012). The impact of past climate change on genetic variation and population connectivity in the Icelandic arctic fox. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1747), 4568-4573. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1796

Previous studies have suggested that the presence of sea ice is an important factor in facilitating migration and determining the degree of genetic isolation among contemporary arctic fox populations. Because the extent of sea ice is dependent upon g... Read More about The impact of past climate change on genetic variation and population connectivity in the Icelandic arctic fox.

Embodied cognitive evolution and the cerebellum (2012)
Journal Article
Barton, R. A. (2012). Embodied cognitive evolution and the cerebellum. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367(1599), 2097-2107. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0112

Much attention has focused on the dramatic expansion of the forebrain, particularly the neocortex, as the neural substrate of cognitive evolution. However, though relatively small, the cerebellum contains about four times more neurons than the neocor... Read More about Embodied cognitive evolution and the cerebellum.

Comment concerning cumulative cultural evolution, on M. O'Brien and K.N. Laland 'Genes, culture and agriculture: an example of human niche construction' (2012)
Journal Article
Kendal, J. (2012). Comment concerning cumulative cultural evolution, on M. O'Brien and K.N. Laland 'Genes, culture and agriculture: an example of human niche construction'. Current Anthropology, 53(4), 434-470. https://doi.org/10.1086/666585

O’Brien and Laland point out that human culture is exceptional in its cumulative nature. This is often characterized by the ratchet effect, highlighting that high-fidelity social transmission can underpin the accumulation of trait modifications. They... Read More about Comment concerning cumulative cultural evolution, on M. O'Brien and K.N. Laland 'Genes, culture and agriculture: an example of human niche construction'.

Going Around Again: Modelling Standing Ovations with a Flexible Agent-based Simulation Framework (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garnett, P., Stepney, S., Andrews, P., & Read, M. (2012, August). Going Around Again: Modelling Standing Ovations with a Flexible Agent-based Simulation Framework. Presented at Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation Workshop, Orleans, France

We describe how we have used the CoSMoS process to trans- form a computer simulation originally developed for the simulation of plant development for use in modelling aspects of audience behaviour. An existing agent-based simulator is re-factored to... Read More about Going Around Again: Modelling Standing Ovations with a Flexible Agent-based Simulation Framework.

Conceptual Models of Nature in Pakistan (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyon, S., & Bennardo, G. (2012, July). Conceptual Models of Nature in Pakistan. Presented at Cultural Models of Nature and the Environment: Self, Space, and Causality, DeKalb, Illinois

Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography (2012)
Journal Article
Larson, G., Karlsson, E. K., Perri, A., Webster, M. T., Ho, S. Y., Peters, J., …Lindblad-Toh, K. (2012). Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(28), 8878-8883. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1203005109

The dog was the first domesticated animal but it remains uncertain when the domestication process began and whether it occurred just once or multiple times across the Northern Hemisphere. To ascertain the value of modern genetic data to elucidate the... Read More about Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography.

Suffering, Frustration, and Anger: Class, Gender, and History in Sri Lankan Suicide Stories (2012)
Journal Article
Widger, T. (2012). Suffering, Frustration, and Anger: Class, Gender, and History in Sri Lankan Suicide Stories. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 36(2), 225-244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-012-9250-6

This paper explores competing stories of suffering, frustration and anger that shape the performance and reception of suicidal behaviours in contemporary Sri Lanka. Drawing from the results of 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork, I show how suicidal... Read More about Suffering, Frustration, and Anger: Class, Gender, and History in Sri Lankan Suicide Stories.

Situating suicide as an anthropological problem: ethnographic approaches to understanding self-harm and self-inflicted death (2012)
Journal Article
Staples, J., & Widger, T. (2012). Situating suicide as an anthropological problem: ethnographic approaches to understanding self-harm and self-inflicted death. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 36(2), 183-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-012-9255-1

More than a century after Durkheim’s sociological classic placed the subject of suicide as a concern at the heart of social science, ethnographic, cross-cultural analyses of what lie behind people’s attempts to take their own lives remain few in numb... Read More about Situating suicide as an anthropological problem: ethnographic approaches to understanding self-harm and self-inflicted death.