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2012
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University of St Andrews(Current)
Durham University
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Cara L. Evans is an author at University of St Andrews specializing in experimental psychology, social cognition, and social sciences.
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Social BehaviorSocial SciencesSocial CognitionCognitive ScienceBehavioral ScienceCognitive DevelopmentExperimental PsychologyDesignCultureLanguage
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2012–2023
Experimental evidence for the co-evolution of hominin tool-making teaching and language
Thomas J. H. Morgan, Natalie Uomini, Luke Rendell et al. · Nature Communications · 2015 · 567 citations · Full text
The Uses and Abuses of Tree Thinking in Cultural Evolution
Cara L. Evans, Simon J. Greenhill, Joseph Watts et al. · 2021 · 62 citations · Full text
Cross-cultural Comparison, Cognitive Anthropology, Modern Phylogenetic Methods +19
Niche construction, innovation and complexity
Kevin N. Laland, Neeltje J. Boogert, Cara L. Evans · Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions · 2013 · 61 citations
Niche Construction, Design, Social Innovation +3
End state copying by humans (Homo sapiens): Implications for a comparative perspective on cumulative culture.
Christine A. Caldwell, Kerstin Schillinger, Cara L. Evans et al. · Journal of comparative psychology · 2012 · 54 citations
Selective copying of the majority suggests children are broadly “optimal‐” rather than “over‐” imitators
Cara L. Evans, Kevin N. Laland, Malinda Carpenter et al. · Developmental Science · 2017 · 33 citations · Full text
Social Psychology, Human Children, Education +27
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