More information: Roope O. Kaaronen et al, A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation, Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2024).

A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2024; 21 (221) DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2024.0673 ...

String figures are among the most common games known to humanity, played in almost every corner of the world. They involve creating complicated patterns or shapes by manipulating a loop of string with ...

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is the world's longest-established scholarly association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology (the study of humankind) in ...