Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd

Arizona State University

H-index: 96

North America-United States

About Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd, With an exceptional h-index of 96 and a recent h-index of 58 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Arizona State University, specializes in the field of cultural evolution, evolutionary theory.

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

The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: collective improvement in knowledge favors conformity, blind copying and hyper-credulity

Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability

“Doing what others do” does not stabilize continuous norms

The Cultural Niche

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

Large‐scale cooperation in small‐scale foraging societies

The role of causal knowledge in the evolution of traditional technology

Behavioral convergence in humans and animals

Robert Boyd Information

University

Position

Professor of Anthropology

Citations(all)

72582

Citations(since 2020)

19198

Cited By

63962

hIndex(all)

96

hIndex(since 2020)

58

i10Index(all)

202

i10Index(since 2020)

137

Email

University Profile Page

Arizona State University

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Robert Boyd Skills & Research Interests

cultural evolution

evolutionary theory

Top articles of Robert Boyd

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: collective improvement in knowledge favors conformity, blind copying and hyper-credulity

bioRxiv

Elena Miu

Luke Rendell

Sam Bowles

Rob Boyd

Daniel Cownden

...

2024

Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability

Peter J Richerson

Robert T Boyd

Charles Efferson

2024/1/1

“Doing what others do” does not stabilize continuous norms

PNAS nexus

Minhua Yan

Sarah Mathew

Robert Boyd

2023/3/1

The Cultural Niche

Robert Boyd

2023/2/23

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

The role of causal knowledge in the evolution of traditional technology

Current Biology

Jacob A Harris

Robert Boyd

Brian M Wood

2021/4/26

Behavioral convergence in humans and animals

Science

Kim Hill

Robert Boyd

2021/1/15

Evolution of social learning with payoff and content bias

Games

Charles Perreault

Robert Boyd

2021/12/28

Arbitration supports reciprocity when there are frequent perception errors

Nature Human Behaviour

Robert Boyd

Sarah Mathew

2021/5

Association of antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy with dialysis-requiring AKI in critically ill patients with COVID-19

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

AA Moses

A Assal

P Asadourian

AG Bautista

R Boyd

...

2020

A theory limited in scope and evidence

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Elena Miu

Robert Boyd

Peter J Richerson

Thomas JH Morgan

2020

Technical reasoning alone does not take humans this far

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Maxime Derex

Robert Boyd

2020

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

Irrelevant‐action imitation is short‐term and contextual: Evidence from two under‐studied populations

Developmental science

Michelle Ann Kline

Matthew M Gervais

Cristina Moya

Robert T Boyd

2019/9/10

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Co-Authors

H-index: 131
Ernst Fehr

Ernst Fehr

Universität Zürich

H-index: 110
Kevin Laland

Kevin Laland

University of St Andrews

H-index: 101
Joseph Henrich

Joseph Henrich

Harvard University

H-index: 88
Peter Richerson

Peter Richerson

University of California, Davis

H-index: 82
Michael Gurven

Michael Gurven

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 74
Joan B. Silk

Joan B. Silk

Arizona State University

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