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Titolo |
Innovation in cultural systems [[electronic resource] ] : contributions from evolutionary anthropology / / edited by Michael J. O'Brien and Stephen J. Shennan |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : MIT Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29391-9 |
1-282-69469-3 |
9786612694691 |
0-262-25910-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Collana |
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Vienna series in theoretical biology |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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O'BrienMichael J <1950-> (Michael John) |
ShennanStephen |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Physical anthropology |
Human evolution |
Social evolution |
Human beings - Origin |
Technological innovations |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; I Introduction; 1 Issues in Anthropological Studies of Innovation; II The Biological Substrate; 2 Innovation and Invention from a Logical Point of View; 3 Comparative Perspectives on Human Innovation; 4 Organismal Innovation; 5 Innovation, Replicative Behavior, and Evolvability; 6 Innovation from EvoDevo to Human Culture; III Cultural Inheritance; 7 The Evolution of Innovation-Enhancing Institutions; 8 Fashion versus Reason in the Creative Industries; 9 Demography and Variation in the Accumulation of Culturally Inherited Skills |
10 Cultural Traditions and the Evolutionary Advantages of Noninnovation11 The Experimental Study of Cultural Innovation; 12 Social Learning, Economic Inequality, and Innovation Diffusion; IV |
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Patterns in the Anthropological Record; 13 Technological Innovations and Developmental Trajectories; 14 Can Archaeologists Study Processes of Invention?; 15 War, Women, and Religion; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Here, leading scholars offer a range of perspectives on the roles played by innovation in the evolution of human culture. The contributors consider innovation in biological terms discussing epistemology, animal studies, systematics and phylogeny, phenotypic plasticity and evolvability, and much more. |
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