What makes us human ?

Michael Muthukrishna

One of the enduring questions for humanity is what makes humans so different from other animals. The answer to that question is that we discovered a new source of information to guide our behavior that untethered us from mere genes, or just what information we could acquire in our lifetimes.

I’m Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am also Affiliate of the Developmental Economics Group at STICERD and of the Data Science Institute. I work on human evolution and cultural evolution. I am a 2024 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner.

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