Is cultural group selection enough?

Richerson et al. propose cultural group selection (CGS) as the basis for understanding the evolution of cultural systems. Their proposal does not take into account the nature of cultural idea systems as being constituted at an organizational, rather than an individual level. The sealing partners of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Read, Dwight
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
Subjects:
Cultural Evolution
Biological Evolution
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Neurosciences
Cognitive Sciences
Experimental Psychology
inuit
Netsilik
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/49d11333
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Summary:Richerson et al. propose cultural group selection (CGS) as the basis for understanding the evolution of cultural systems. Their proposal does not take into account the nature of cultural idea systems as being constituted at an organizational, rather than an individual level. The sealing partners of the Netsilik Inuit exemplify the problem with their account.

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