Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion Richerson Peter J.
Leading scholars report on current research that demonstrates the central role of cultural evolution in explaining human behavior.Over the past few decades, a growing body of research has emerged from…
Specifikacia Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion Richerson Peter J.
Leading scholars report on current research that demonstrates the central role of cultural evolution in explaining human behavior.Over the past few decades, a growing body of research has emerged from a variety of disciplines to highlight the importance of cultural evolution in understanding human behavior. Wider application of these insights, however, has been hampered by traditional disciplinary boundaries. To remedy this, in this volume leading researchers from theoretical biology, developmental and cognitive psychology, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, religious studies, history, and economics come together to explore the central role of cultural evolution in different aspects of human endeavor.The contributors take as their guiding principle the idea that cultural evolution can provide an important integrating function across the various disciplines of
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