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...
Published in: | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
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eScholarship, University of California
2016
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Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/49d11333 https://escholarship.org/content/qt49d11333/qt49d11333.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x15000205 |
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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