Bridging the gap between evolutionary theory and cultural psychology, Michael Tomasello argues that the roots of the human capacity for symbol-based culture are

A leading expert on evolution and communication presents an empirically based theory of the evolutionary origins of human communication that challenges the domi

Tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since Darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from

This book reviews all that is scientifically known about the cognitive skills of non-human primates and assesses the current state of our knowledge.

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial...Makes an impressive argument that most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and th