Recommended reading:

Social learning:

Heyes, C. (2012). What’s social about social learning? Journal of Comparative Psychology, 126(2), 193–202. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025180

Emery, N. J., Clayton, N. S., & Frith, C. D. (2007). Social intelligence: From brain to culture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 362(1480), 485–488. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.2022

Theory of Mind:

Chapter Theory of Mind In: Shettleworth, S. J. (2009). Cognition, evolution, and behavior. Oxford university press.

In case of interest - article about domestication and evolution of social skills:

Hare, B., & Tomasello, M. (2005). Human-like social skills in dogs? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9(9), 439–444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.07.003

Language and Communication:

Hauser, M. D., Chomsky, N., & Fitch, W. T. (2002). The faculty of language: What is it, who has it, and how did it evolve? Science, 298(5598), 1569–1579. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.298.5598.1569

Fitch, W. T. (2005). The evolution of language: A comparative review. In Biology and Philosophy (Vol. 20, Issues 2–3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-005-5597-1