TY - JOUR
T1 - The social cognitive evolution of myths
T2 - Collective narratives of shared pasts as markers for coalitions' communicative and cooperative prowess
AU - Wolf, Wouter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2025.
PY - 2025/1/2
Y1 - 2025/1/2
N2 - To understand why humans put much effort into celebrating cultural myths, it is crucial to approach this phenomenon as part of humans' broader social cognitive evolution. Specifically, humans' unique capacity to bond with others through shared/collective representations of shared experiences has likely caused individuals to use myths to assess not only coalitions' fitness interdependence, but also their cooperative prowess.
AB - To understand why humans put much effort into celebrating cultural myths, it is crucial to approach this phenomenon as part of humans' broader social cognitive evolution. Specifically, humans' unique capacity to bond with others through shared/collective representations of shared experiences has likely caused individuals to use myths to assess not only coalitions' fitness interdependence, but also their cooperative prowess.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85214329045
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X24000761
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X24000761
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39743804
AN - SCOPUS:85214329045
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 47
JO - The Behavioral and brain sciences
JF - The Behavioral and brain sciences
M1 - e195
ER -