Cumulative culture -- the accumulation of technological modifications and improvements over generations -- allowed humans to adapt to a diversity of environments and challenges. But, it is unclear ...

Imagine, if you will, that a hyperintelligent alien scientist were to visit our little blue planet and undertake a thorough investigation of life here on Earth. What would the alien make of our ...

Each of us individually is the accumulated product of thousands of generations that have come before us in an unbroken line. Our culture and technology today are also the result of thousands of years ...