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Cultural evolution : how Darwinian theory can explain human culture and synthesize the social sciences / Alex Mesoudi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.Description: xiii, 264 pages, illustrations, 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226520438 (alkaline paper)
  • 0226520439 (alkaline paper)
  • 9780226520445 (pbk. : alkaline paper)
  • 0226520447 (pbk. : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.01 22
LOC classification:
  • HM626 .M486 2011
Contents:
A cultural species -- Cultural evolution -- Cultural microevolution -- Cultural macroevolution i: archaeology and anthropology -- Cultural macroevolution ii: language and history -- Evolutionary experiments: cultural evolution in the lab -- Evolutionary ethnography: cultural evolution in the field -- Evolutionary economics: cultural evolution in the marketplace -- Culture in nonhuman species -- Toward an evolutionary synthesis for the social sciences.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A cultural species -- Cultural evolution -- Cultural microevolution -- Cultural macroevolution i: archaeology and anthropology -- Cultural macroevolution ii: language and history -- Evolutionary experiments: cultural evolution in the lab -- Evolutionary ethnography: cultural evolution in the field -- Evolutionary economics: cultural evolution in the marketplace -- Culture in nonhuman species -- Toward an evolutionary synthesis for the social sciences.

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