A history of human creativity: the good, the bad, and the ugly – Science Weekly podcast

Ian Sample delves into our evolutionary past to explore the role creativity and collaboration may have played in early human societies

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It is held up as a trait that sets us apart from the rest of the animals: the ability to think creatively and to use our powerful imaginations to shape the world around us. But how our creative imagination became so crucial to our existence remains a mystery with plenty of competing theories put forward. What ideas have scientists come up with? And with something as complex as creativity, how do we even define it, let alone study it in the lab?