Researching the Co-Evolution of Storytelling and Cooperation
Durham | Biology, UEA | Cheshire
More positive news from #EHBEA2025, as @durhamdcerc.bsky.social picks up their third prize
Congrats @emilymljeffries.bsky.social & again to @georgiamt.bsky.social & @amandinevisine.bsky.social for smashing it out of the park
More positive news from #EHBEA2025, as @durhamdcerc.bsky.social picks up their third prize
Congrats @emilymljeffries.bsky.social & again to @georgiamt.bsky.social & @amandinevisine.bsky.social for smashing it out of the park
Amazing day for @durhamuniversity.bsky.social and @durhamdcerc.bsky.social PhD students.
#ehbea #ehbea2025
Amazing day for @durhamuniversity.bsky.social and @durhamdcerc.bsky.social PhD students.
#ehbea #ehbea2025
Contrary to expectations cooperative stories weren't gained more than lost over time
Stories w/ anti-cooperative behavs were lost less than cooperative stories
Maybe prosocial message transmission is done more via cautionary tales of 'what not to do' 🤔
➡️ storytelling is a human universal
➡️ finds that most folktales are prosocial
#ehbea2025 #folktales #punishment
Contrary to expectations cooperative stories weren't gained more than lost over time
Stories w/ anti-cooperative behavs were lost less than cooperative stories
Maybe prosocial message transmission is done more via cautionary tales of 'what not to do' 🤔
➡️ storytelling is a human universal
➡️ finds that most folktales are prosocial
#ehbea2025 #folktales #punishment
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