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Culture and the Evolutionary Process

By Robert Boyd , Peter J. Richerson

Book information

Year
1988
ISBN
0226069338, 9780226069333, 0226069311, 9780226069319
LCC
GN360 .B68 1985
Open Library ID
OL2861312M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (15139957 bytes)
Pages
340\344
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

How do biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural factors combine to change societies over the long run? Boyd and Richerson explore how genetic and cultural factors interact, under the influence of evolutionary forces, to produce the diversity we see in human cultures. Using methods developed by population biologists, they propose a theory of cultural evolution that is an original and fair-minded alternative to the sociobiology debate.

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