| Evolutionary theory and the ultimate–proximate distinction in the human behavioral sciences TC Scott-Phillips, TE Dickins, SA West Perspectives on Psychological Science 6 (1), 38, 2011 | 684 | 2011 |
| Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality P Abbot, J Abe, J Alcock, S Alizon, JAC Alpedrinha, M Andersson, ... Nature 471 (7339), E1-E4, 2011 | 546 | 2011 |
| Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special T Scott-Phillips Palgrave MacMillan, 2015 | 526 | 2015 |
| How Darwinian is cultural evolution? N Claidière, TC Scott-Phillips, D Sperber Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 369 …, 2014 | 399 | 2014 |
| Language evolution in the laboratory TC Scott-Phillips, S Kirby Trends in cognitive sciences 14 (9), 411-417, 2010 | 314 | 2010 |
| Defining biological communication TC SCOTT‐PHILLIPS Journal of evolutionary biology 21 (2), 387-395, 2008 | 311 | 2008 |
| The niche construction perspective: a critical appraisal TC Scott-Phillips, KN Laland, DM Shuker, TE Dickins, SA West Evolution 68 (5), 1231-1243, 2014 | 289 | 2014 |
| Signalling signalhood and the emergence of communication TC Scott-Phillips, S Kirby, GRS Ritchie Cognition 113 (2), 226-233, 2009 | 242 | 2009 |
| Combinatorial quorum sensing allows bacteria to resolve their social and physical environment DM Cornforth, R Popat, L McNally, J Gurney, TC Scott-Phillips, A Ivens, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (11), 4280-4284, 2014 | 218 | 2014 |
| Four misunderstandings about cultural attraction T Scott‐Phillips, S Blancke, C Heintz Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 27 (4), 162-173, 2018 | 135 | 2018 |
| How do communication systems emerge? TC Scott-Phillips, RA Blythe, A Gardner, SA West Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1735), 1943-1949, 2012 | 134 | 2012 |
| Nonhuman primate communication, pragmatics, and the origins of language TC Scott-Phillips Current Anthropology 56 (1), 56-80, 2015 | 129 | 2015 |
| Confidence as an expression of commitment: Why misplaced expressions of confidence backfire C Vullioud, F Clément, T Scott-Phillips, H Mercier Evolution and Human Behavior 38 (1), 9-17, 2017 | 125 | 2017 |
| An evolutionary approach to emotional communication G Dezecache, H Mercier, TC Scott-Phillips Journal of Pragmatics 59, 221-233, 2013 | 102 | 2013 |
| Meaning in animal and human communication TC Scott-Phillips Animal Cognition 18 (3), 801-805, 2015 | 95 | 2015 |
| Pragmatics and the aims of language evolution TC Scott-Phillips Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 24 (1), 186-189, 2017 | 92 | 2017 |
| On the correct application of animal signalling theory to human communication TC Scott-Phillips The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 7Th International Conference …, 2008 | 83 | 2008 |
| Joint attention helps explain why children omit new referents B Skarabela, SEM Allen, TC Scott-Phillips Journal of Pragmatics 56, 5-14, 2013 | 77 | 2013 |
| Expression unleashed: The evolutionary & cognitive foundations of human communication. C Heintz, T Scott-Phillips Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1-46, 2022 | 72 | 2022 |
| The ease and extent of recursive mindreading, across implicit and explicit tasks C O’Grady, C Kliesch, K Smith, TC Scott-Phillips Evolution and Human Behavior 36 (4), 313-322, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
