Culture and the Evolutionary Process

Culture and the Evolutionary Process
ISBN-10
0226069338
ISBN-13
9780226069333
Category
Science
Pages
331
Language
English
Published
1988-06-15
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Authors
Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd

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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