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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, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Richerson, Peter J. (Editor ), Christiansen, Morten H., 1963- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2013.
Colección:Strüngmann Forum reports.
Temas:
Social evolution.
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Human evolution > Religious aspects.
Cultural Evolution
Évolution sociale.
Innovations > Aspect social.
Êtres humains > Évolution > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Human evolution > Religious aspects
Social evolution
Technological innovations > Social aspects
Kulturelle Evolution
Soziale Evolution
Technischer Fortschritt
Sprachentwicklung
Religiöse Entwicklung
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of contributors
  • Introduction / Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen
  • Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups
  • Zoon politicon : the evolutionary roots of human sociopolitical
  • Systems / Herbert Gintis and Carel van Schaik
  • Human cooperation among kin and close associates may require / Sarah Mathew, Robert Boyd, and Matthijs Van Veelen
  • The puzzle of human ultrasociality : how did large-scale complex societies evolve? / Peter Turchin
  • Like me : a homophily-based account of human culture / Daniel Haun and Harriet Over
  • Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups / Fiona M. Jordan, Rapporteur
  • Carel van schaik, pieter fransis, herbert gintis, daniel haun, daniel j. hruschka, marco a. janssen, james a. kitts, laurent lehmann, sarah mathew, peter j. richerson, peter turchin, and polly wiessner
  • The cultural evolution of technology and science
  • The cultural evolution of technology : facts and theories / Robert Boyd, Peter Richerson, and Joseph Henrich
  • Long-term trajectories of technological change / Stephen Shennan
  • Neuroscience of technology / Dietrich Stout
  • Scientific method as cultural innovation / Robert N. McCauley
  • The cultural evolution of technology and science / Alex Mesoudi, Rapporteur, Kevin N. Laland, Robert Boyd, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Flynn, Robert N. McCauley, Jurgen Renn, Victoria Reyes-GarcÃ-a, Stephen Shennan, Dietrich Stout, and Claudio Tennie
  • Cultural evolution of language
  • The interplay of genetic and cultural factors in ongoing language evolution / Stephen C. Levinson and Dan Dediu
  • Cultural evolution and language diversity / Nicholas Evans
  • Language acquisition as a cultural process / Elena Lieven
  • Phylogenetic models of language change: three new questions / Russell D. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill, and Quentin D. Atkinson
  • Cultural evolution of language / Michael Cysouw, Rapporteur, Stephen C. Levinson, Andrea Baronchelli, Morten H. Christiansen, William Croft, Dan Dediu
  • Nicholas evans, simon garrod, russell gray, anne kandler, and elena lieven
  • The cultural evolution of religion
  • The evolution of prosocial religions / Edward Slingerland, Joseph Henrich, and Ara Norenzayan
  • Rethinking proximate causation and development in religious / Evolution
  • Harvey whitehouse
  • Religious prosociality: a synthesis
  • Ara norenzayan, joseph henrich, and edward slingerland
  • The cultural evolution of religion
  • Bibliography
  • Subject index.

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