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Esther Herrmann

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Publications

60

Citations

7K

H-Index

37

Active since

2006

Affiliations

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology(Current)

Duke University

University of Portsmouth

University of Göttingen

University of California, Berkeley

Esther Herrmann is an author at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology specializing in social sciences, primate behavior, and psychology.

Publications per year

2006–2023

60

Publications

60

Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis

Esther Herrmann, Josep Call, María Victoria Hernández‐Lloreda et al. · Science · 2007 · 1.6K citations

Education, Evolutionary Biology, Psychology +17

The evolution of self-control

Evan L. MacLean, Brian Hare, Charles L. Nunn et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 837 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +17

Two Key Steps in the Evolution of Human Cooperation

Michael Tomasello, Alicia P. Melis, Claudio Tennie et al. · Current Anthropology · 2012 · 724 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Communication, Evolutionary Biology +17

Five-Year Olds, but Not Chimpanzees, Attempt to Manage Their Reputations

Jan M. Engelmann, Esther Herrmann, Michael Tomasello · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 291 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Psychology +17

How does cognition evolve? Phylogenetic comparative psychology

Evan L. MacLean, Luke J. Matthews, Brian Hare et al. · Animal Cognition · 2011 · 268 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +11

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