About the Authors

Stefano Ghirlanda

dr.ghirlanda@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Alberto Acerbi

Affiliations Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Harold Herzog

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States of America

James A. Serpell

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG AA. Performed the experiments: SG AA. Analyzed the data: SG AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG AA HH JS. Wrote the paper: SG AA HH JS.