Category Archives: cultural evolution
Interview on human evolution in the Anthropocene on Serious Inquiries Only podcast
I was interviewed on the Serious Inquiries Only podcast with Thomas Smith, discussing our recent work on human evolution in the Anthropocene. Listen to the podcast here, and read the open access paper, available for free. Continue reading
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Growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future
Last week, Dr. Tim Waring helped lead an international workshop on growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future. The workshop was the culminating event of an applied working group project, funded by the Cultural Evolution Society … Continue reading
Cultural Adaptation to Climate Change in US Agriculture
We investigated “cultural adaptation to climate change”: a learnable behavior that spreads due to its benefits in a new environmental context. We explored two aspects of US agriculture: cover cropping and crop choice. Cover cropping showed evidence of adaptation to new economic conditions but not climatic. But changes in farmers’ crop choices tend to match changes in climate, providing the first evidence of cultural adaptation to climate change. The findings can help improve climate adaptation research and policy by distinguishing the process of adaptation from desirable outcomes or policy targets. Continue reading
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Waring gives invited lecture at Contagion on Complex Social Systems workshop at University of Vermont
The lecture “How Social Learning and Cultural Evolution can add to the study of Social Contagion,” reviewed classic models of cultural transmission, and current research in social learning in humans and other animals to provide a buffet of ways in which researchers can incorporate more naturalistic mechanisms of social transmission in models and research. Continue reading
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ACE Lab: Applied Cultural Evolution Laboratory 