The cultural brain hypothesis explains human intelligence through gene-culture co-evolution
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 83/100
Multiple studies and computational models support the cultural brain hypothesis, demonstrating that human intelligence and brain expansion evolved through gene-culture coevolution.
Evidence for · 4
Runaway brain‐culture coevolution as a reason for larger brains: Exploring the “cultural drive” hypothesis by computer modeling
2020 · cited by 18
Computer modeling demonstrates that gene-culture coevolution and cultural drive can plausibly explain human brain expansion and intelligence.
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Genes, culture, and scientific racism.
2024 · cited by 11
The gene-culture coevolution framework provides an inclusive multidisciplinary perspective on human variation, evolution, and cognition.
Exploring gene-culture coevolution in humans by inferring neuroendophenotypes: a case study of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and cultural tightness
2022 · cited by 10
Empirical analyses show that gene-culture coevolution dynamics operate on complex human neurological traits and socio-ecological adaptations.
Cultural Evolution and Gene–Culture Coevolution
2017 · cited by 10
Gene-culture coevolution theory explains human evolution by recognizing that cultural traditions and cognitive capacities co-evolved.