Publications
Brinkmann, L., Baumann, F., Bonnefon, J. F., Derex, M., Müller, T. F., Nussberger, A. M., ... & Rahwan, I. 2023. Machine culture. Nature Human Behaviour. PDF
Derex M. & Morgan T.J.H. 2023. The cultural transmission of technological skills. The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. PDF
Fernández-López de Pablo J., Romano V., Derex M., Gjesfjeld E., Gravel-Miguel C., Hamilton M. J., Migliano A.B., Riede F. & Lozano S. 2022. Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PDF
Derex M. 2021. Human cumulative culture and the exploitation of natural phenomena. Philosophical Transactions B. PDF
Singh M., Acerbi A., Caldwell C., Danchin É., Molleman, L., Scott-Phillips T., Tamariz M., Van der Berg P., van Leuwen E. & Derex M. 2021. Beyond social learning. Philosophical Transactions B. PDF
Billiard S., Derex M., Maisonneuve L. & Rey T. 2020. Convergence of knowledge in a stochastic cultural evolution model with population structure, social learning and credibility biases. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. PDF
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2020. Technical reasoning alone does not take humans this far. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 43:e162.
Derex M. & Mesoudi M. 2020. Cumulative cultural evolution within evolving population structures. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. PDF
Derex M., Bonnefon J.F., Boyd R. & Mesoudi M. 2019. Causal understanding is not necessary for the improvement of culturally evolving technology. Nature Human Behaviour. PDF
Tiokhin L. & Derex M. 2019. Competition for novelty reduces information sampling in a research game. Royal Society Open Science. PDF
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2018. Social information can potentiate understanding despite inhibiting cognitive effort. Scientific Reports, 8:9980. PDF
Derex M., Perreault C. & Boyd R. 2018. Divide and conquer: intermediate levels of population fragmentation maximize cultural accumulation. Philosophical Transactions B, 373:20170062. PDF
Henrich J., Boyd R., Derex M., Kline M.A., Mesoudi A., Muthukrishna M., Powell A.T., Shennan S.J. & Thomas M.G. 2016. Understanding cumulative cultural evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113:E6724-E6725.
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2016. Partial connectivity increases cultural accumulation within groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113:2982-2987. PDF
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2015. The foundations of the human cultural niche. Nature Communications, 6, 8398. PDF
Derex M., Feron R., Godelle B., Raymond M. 2015. Social learning and the replication process: an experimental investigation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20150719. PDF
Derex M., Beugin M.P., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2014. Derex et al. reply. Nature, 511:E2-E2 (Replying to Andersson C., & Read D. 2014. Group size and cultural complexity. Nature, 511: E1-E1)
Derex M., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2014. How does competition affect the transmission of information? Evolution and Human Behavior. 35:89-95. PDF
Derex M., Beugin M.P., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2013. Experimental evidence for the influence of group size on cultural complexity. Nature. 503:389-391. PDF
Derex M., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2013. Social learners require process information to outperform individual learners. Evolution. 67:88-697. PDF
Gomez D., Richardson C., Lengagne T., Derex M., Plenet S., Joly P., Lena J.P. & Thery M. 2010. Support for a role of color vision in mate choice in the nocturnal European tree frog (Hyla arborea). Behaviour. 147:1753-1768.
Brinkmann, L., Baumann, F., Bonnefon, J. F., Derex, M., Müller, T. F., Nussberger, A. M., ... & Rahwan, I. 2023. Machine culture. Nature Human Behaviour. PDF
Derex M. & Morgan T.J.H. 2023. The cultural transmission of technological skills. The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. PDF
Fernández-López de Pablo J., Romano V., Derex M., Gjesfjeld E., Gravel-Miguel C., Hamilton M. J., Migliano A.B., Riede F. & Lozano S. 2022. Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PDF
Derex M. 2021. Human cumulative culture and the exploitation of natural phenomena. Philosophical Transactions B. PDF
Singh M., Acerbi A., Caldwell C., Danchin É., Molleman, L., Scott-Phillips T., Tamariz M., Van der Berg P., van Leuwen E. & Derex M. 2021. Beyond social learning. Philosophical Transactions B. PDF
Billiard S., Derex M., Maisonneuve L. & Rey T. 2020. Convergence of knowledge in a stochastic cultural evolution model with population structure, social learning and credibility biases. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. PDF
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2020. Technical reasoning alone does not take humans this far. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 43:e162.
Derex M. & Mesoudi M. 2020. Cumulative cultural evolution within evolving population structures. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. PDF
Derex M., Bonnefon J.F., Boyd R. & Mesoudi M. 2019. Causal understanding is not necessary for the improvement of culturally evolving technology. Nature Human Behaviour. PDF
Tiokhin L. & Derex M. 2019. Competition for novelty reduces information sampling in a research game. Royal Society Open Science. PDF
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2018. Social information can potentiate understanding despite inhibiting cognitive effort. Scientific Reports, 8:9980. PDF
Derex M., Perreault C. & Boyd R. 2018. Divide and conquer: intermediate levels of population fragmentation maximize cultural accumulation. Philosophical Transactions B, 373:20170062. PDF
Henrich J., Boyd R., Derex M., Kline M.A., Mesoudi A., Muthukrishna M., Powell A.T., Shennan S.J. & Thomas M.G. 2016. Understanding cumulative cultural evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113:E6724-E6725.
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2016. Partial connectivity increases cultural accumulation within groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113:2982-2987. PDF
Derex M. & Boyd R. 2015. The foundations of the human cultural niche. Nature Communications, 6, 8398. PDF
Derex M., Feron R., Godelle B., Raymond M. 2015. Social learning and the replication process: an experimental investigation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20150719. PDF
Derex M., Beugin M.P., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2014. Derex et al. reply. Nature, 511:E2-E2 (Replying to Andersson C., & Read D. 2014. Group size and cultural complexity. Nature, 511: E1-E1)
Derex M., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2014. How does competition affect the transmission of information? Evolution and Human Behavior. 35:89-95. PDF
Derex M., Beugin M.P., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2013. Experimental evidence for the influence of group size on cultural complexity. Nature. 503:389-391. PDF
Derex M., Godelle B. & Raymond M. 2013. Social learners require process information to outperform individual learners. Evolution. 67:88-697. PDF
Gomez D., Richardson C., Lengagne T., Derex M., Plenet S., Joly P., Lena J.P. & Thery M. 2010. Support for a role of color vision in mate choice in the nocturnal European tree frog (Hyla arborea). Behaviour. 147:1753-1768.