Cultural Evolution
Society, Technology, Language, and Religion
$104.74
- Paperback
504 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2024
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551908 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026255190X |
| Author: | Peter J. Richerson, Morten H. Christiansen |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 504 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Strüngmann Forum Reports |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
Peter J. Richerson
Peter J. Richerson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. He is the author of Not By Genes Alone- How Culture Transformed Human Evolution.
Morten H. Christiansen is Professor of Psychology and Codirector of the Cognitive Science Program at Cornell University.
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