Publications

Pérez Velilla, A., Padilla, K. J., Cassiani Cervantes, D., Herrera, Y., Hernández, A., Hurtado Manyoma, A., Pérez Salinas, M., Sosa, S., Dalla Ragione, A., Ross, C. T. A full-population assessment of Palenquero proficiency in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia.

Pérez Velilla, A., Nöldeke, G., Peña, J. Reciprocity and the evolution of risk-reduction sharing.

Pérez Velilla, A., Ready, E. (2026). The emergence of sharing networks through indirect signaling.

Pérez Velilla, A., Smaldino, P. Risk, learning and culture. In A. Gallup, S. Karitheyan, G. Geher (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Oxford University Press.

Pérez Velilla, A., Smaldino, P. (2026). A demographic theory of similarity-biased social learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123, e2606741123.

Pérez Velilla, A., Smaldino, P. (2026). The adaptive role of peer culture is shaped by risk landscapes. Commentary for target article Lew-Levy, S. & Amir, D. (2024) Children as agents of cultural adaptation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49.

Pérez Velilla, A., Beheim, B., Smaldino, P. E. (2026). The development of risk behaviors and their cultural transmission. Psychological Review. American Psychological Association.

Smaldino, P. E., Pérez Velilla, A. (2025). The evolution of similarity-biased social learning. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 7, e4.

Smaldino, P. E., Moser, C., Pérez Velilla, A., Werling, M. (2024). Maintaining transient diversity is a general principle for improving collective problem solving. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(2), 454-464.

Pérez Velilla, A., Moser, C. J., Smaldino, P. E. (2022). Hidden clusters beyond ethnic boundaries. Commentary for target article Uchiyama, Spicer & Muthukrishna (2022) Cultural Evolution of Genetic Heritability. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 45, e178.