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Culture Evolves (Hardcover)
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Culture Evolves (Hardcover)
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Culture - broadly defined as all we learn from others that endures
for long enough to generate customs and traditions - shapes vast
swathes of our lives and has allowed the human species to dominate
the planet in an evolutionarily unique way. Culture and cultural
evolution are uniquely significant phenomena in evolutionary
biology: they are products of biological evolution, yet they
supplement genetic transmission with social transmission, thus
achieving a certain independence from natural selection. However,
cultural evolution nevertheless expresses key Darwinian processes
itself and also interacts with genetic evolution. Just how culture
fits into the grander framework of evolution is a big issue though,
yet one that has received relatively little scientific attention
compared to, for example, genetic evolution. Our 'capacity for
culture' appears so distinctive among animals that it is often
thought to separate we cultural beings from the rest of nature and
the Darwinian forces that shape it. 'Culture Evolves' presents a
different view arising from the recent discoveries of a diverse
range of disciplines, that focus on evolutionary continuities.
First, recent studies reveal that learning from others and the
transmission of traditions are more widespread and significant
across the animal kingdom than earlier recognized, helping us
understand the evolutionary roots of culture. Second,
archaeological discoveries have pushed back the origins of human
culture to much more ancient times than traditionally thought.
These developments together suggest important continuities between
animal and human culture. A third new array of discoveries concerns
the later diversification of human cultures, where the operations
of Darwinian-like, cultural evolutionary processes are increasingly
identified. Finally, surprising discoveries have been made about
the imprint of cultural evolution in children's predisposition to
acquire culture. The result of a major interdisciplinary meeting
held by he Royal Society and the British Academy, this book
presents the work of leading experts from the fields of ethology,
behavioural ecology, primatology, comparative psychology,
archaeology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and developmental
psychology.
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