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Molho, C., Soraperra, I., Schulz, J.F. et al. Guilt drives prosociality across 20 countries. Nat Hum Behav (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02286-3

Lamarque L, Langstieh B, Raymond M, Alvergne A. Female house ownership drives the positive association between matriliny and women’s health in Meghalaya (India), Social Science & Medicine (1982). 382: 118355. PMID 40614591 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118355

Baumard, N., André, JB. The ecological approach to culture. Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 46, Issue 3, 2025, 106686, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106686

Derex, M., Bonnefon, JF., Boyd, R., McElreath, R., Mesoudi, A. Social learning preserves both useful and useless theories by canalizing learners’ exploration. Proc. R. Soc. B.29220242499 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2499

Myers, S., Gurmu, E., Alvergne, A., Redhead, D., Howard, J. A. D., & Gibson, M. A. Social clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting (FGMC) in South-Central Ethiopia. Nature Human Behaviour. In press. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/szq6x

Gelbart, B., … Pisanski, K. et al. The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis, Evolution and Human Behavior,
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Argentieri, M.A., Amin, N., Nevado-Holgado, A.J., …, Alvergne, A., Van Duijn, C. Integrating the environmental and genetic architectures of aging and mortality. Nature Medicine 31, 1016–1025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03483-9

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de Courson Benoît, Frankenhuis Willem E. and Nettle Daniel. Poverty is associated with both risk avoidance and risk taking: empirical evidence for the desperation threshold model from the UK and France. Proc. R. Soc. B.29220242071 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2071

Stieglitz, J. Contemporary small-scale subsistence populations offer unique insights into human musculoskeletal health and aging. Sci. Adv.10,eadq1039(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adq1039

Savolainen, V., Bailey, N.W., Diamond, L. , Raymond. M. et al. A broader cultural view is necessary to study the evolution of sexual orientation. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 181–183 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02273-9

J. Lie-Panis, L. Fitouchi, N. Baumard, & J. André, The social leverage effect: Institutions transform weak reputation effects into strong incentives for cooperation, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (51) e2408802121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2408802121

Stevens, R. Alvergne, A., Vitzthum, VJ. Low haemoglobin in arduous seasons is associated with reduced chance of ovulation among women living in the Bolivian altiplano, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 191–203, https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoae022

M. Derex, P. Edmiston, G. Lupyan, & A. Mesoudi, Trade-offs, control conditions, and alternative designs in the experimental study of cultural evolution, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (48) e2322886121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2322886121

Visine A, Durand V, Guillou L, Raymond M, Berticat C Chronic and immediate refined carbohydrate consumption and facial attractiveness. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0298984. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298984

Alger, I., Gavrilets, S., Durkee, P. Proximate and ultimate drivers of norms and norm change. Current Opinion in Psychology, Volume 60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101916

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Brinkmann L, Baumann F, Bonnefon JF, Derex M, Müller TF, Nussberger AM, Czaplicka A, Acerbi A, Griffiths TL, Henrich J, Leibo JZ, McElreath R, Oudeyer PY, Stray J, Rahwan I. Machine culture. Nat Hum Behav. 2023 Nov;7(11):1855-1868. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01742-2