Peter Richerson

Peter Richerson

University of California, Davis

H-index: 88

North America-United States

About Peter Richerson

Peter Richerson, With an exceptional h-index of 88 and a recent h-index of 49 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Davis, specializes in the field of Cultural evolution, ecology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies

Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability

The Field of Evolutionary Neuroscience: A Commentary on “Rethinking Norm Psychology” by Cecilia Heyes

The Cultural Niche

What Can Mathematical

A Gene-Culture Coevolutionary Perspective on Human Success

What sort of mind/brain is compatible with cultural adaptation?

Large‐scale cooperation in small‐scale foraging societies

Peter Richerson Information

University

Position

Department of Environmental Science and Policy

Citations(all)

56093

Citations(since 2020)

15293

Cited By

48173

hIndex(all)

88

hIndex(since 2020)

49

i10Index(all)

216

i10Index(since 2020)

126

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University of California, Davis

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Peter Richerson Skills & Research Interests

Cultural evolution

ecology

Top articles of Peter Richerson

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Charles Efferson

Peter J Richerson

Vanessa P Weinberger

2024/1/1

Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability

Peter J Richerson

Robert T Boyd

Charles Efferson

2024/1/1

The Field of Evolutionary Neuroscience: A Commentary on “Rethinking Norm Psychology” by Cecilia Heyes

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Peter J Richerson

Sergey Gavrilets

2024/1

The Cultural Niche

Robert Boyd

2023/2/23

What Can Mathematical

Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax

Herbert Jaeger

Luc Steels

Andrea Baronchelli

Ted Briscoe

Morten H Christiansen

...

2023/9/19

A Gene-Culture Coevolutionary Perspective on Human Success

Human Success: Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications

Kathryn Demps

Peter J Richerson

2023/3/14

What sort of mind/brain is compatible with cultural adaptation?

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Peter J Richerson

Robert T Boyd

2022/10/10

Large‐scale cooperation in small‐scale foraging societies

Robert Boyd

Peter J Richerson

2022/7

Authority matters: propaganda and the coevolution of behaviour and attitudes

Evolutionary Human Sciences

Sergey Gavrilets

Peter J Richerson

2022/1

Genetic solutions to cultural problems?

Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Lesley Newson

Peter J Richerson

2022/1/1

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Descent of Man

Evolutionary Human Sciences

Sergey Gavrilets

Peter J Richerson

Frans BM de Waal

2021/1

Modern theories of human evolution foreshadowed by Darwin’s Descent of Man

Peter J Richerson

Sergey Gavrilets

Frans BM de Waal

2021/5/21

The deep structure of deliberate ignorance: mapping the terrain

Barry Schwartz

Peter J Richerson

Benjamin E Berkman

Jens Frankenreiter

David Hagmann

...

2021/3/2

A story of us: a new look at human evolution

Lesley Newson

Peter Richerson

2021/2/19

MODERN THEORIES OF HUMAN ORIGINS AND DARWIN’S “DESCENT OF MAN”

Сomposed by VL Korogodina VL Korogodina Cover design by The contributions are reproduced directly from the originals presented by the Organizing Committee.

S Gavrilets

PJ Richerson

FBM De Waal

2021

A full selection of reviews is published monthly on the Leonardo website: www. leonardo. info/reviews.

Leonardo

Giovanna Costantini

Edith Doove

Hannah Drayson

Phil Dyke

Amanda Egbe

...

2016

Culture and the evolution of the human social instincts

Robert Boyd

Peter J Richerson

2020/8/21

The human life history is adapted to exploit the adaptive advantages of culture

Peter J Richerson

Robert Boyd

2020/7/20

A theory limited in scope and evidence

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Elena Miu

Robert Boyd

Peter J Richerson

Thomas JH Morgan

2020

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