
Robert Boyd & Peter Richerson — How Ice Age Climate Chaos Made Humans Cultural Animals
The Joe Walker Podcast
**Profit out of being able to cooperate **
Humans excel in leveraging cultural adaptations, which necessitates forming large societies. Key to mobilizing resources effectively are advancements in technology and structured social organization. This capacity for cooperation allows humans to extract significant benefits that competitors, such as chimps, cannot match.
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