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Cultural evolution : society, technology, language, and religion / edited by Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen. [electronic resource]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Strüngmann Forum reportsPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (498 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780262318297 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cultural evolution.DDC classification:
  • 303.4 23
LOC classification:
  • HM626 .C84295 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
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-Garc©-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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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-Garc©-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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