Cultural evolution : society, technology, language, and religion /

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Other Authors: Christiansen, Morten H., 1963-, Richerson, Peter J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2013]
Series:Strüngmann Forum reports
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Table of 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.