04246nam 22007574a 450 991078467050332120230403153707.00-19-773115-50-19-988312-21-280-56055-X97866105605540-19-534744-71-4237-5685-11-4337-0058-1(CKB)1000000000362995(EBL)279791(OCoLC)171560350(SSID)ssj0000216369(PQKBManifestationID)11184968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216369(PQKBWorkID)10197089(PQKB)10520858(Au-PeEL)EBL279791(CaPaEBR)ebr10233633(CaONFJC)MIL56055(OCoLC)609320603(MiAaPQ)EBC279791(EXLCZ)99100000000036299520040219d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origin and evolution of cultures /Robert Boyd, Peter J. RichersonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (465 p.)Evolution and cognitionDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-518145-X 0-19-516524-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Introduction; PART 1: THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL LEARNING; 1: Social Learning as an Adaptation; 2: Why Does Culture Increase Human Adaptability?; 3: Why Culture Is Common, but Cultural Evolution Is Rare; 4: Climate, Culture, and the Evolution of Cognition; 5: Norms and Bounded Rationality; PART 2: ETHNIC GROUPS AND MARKERS; 6: The Evolution of Ethnic Markers; 7: Shared Norms and the Evolution of Ethnic Markers With Richard McElreath; PART 3: HUMAN COOPERATION, RECIPROCITY, AND GROUP SELECTION; 8: The Evolution of Reciprocity in Sizable Groups9: Punishment Allows the Evolution of Cooperation (or Anything Else) in Sizable Groups10: Why People Punish Defectors: Weak Conformist Transmission Can Stabilize Costly Enforcement of Norms in Cooperative Dilemmas; 11: Can Group-Functional Behaviors Evolve by Cultural Group Selection? An Empirical Test; 12: Group-Beneficial Norms Can Spread Rapidly in a Structured Population; 13: The Evolution of Altruistic Punishment With Herbert Gintis and Samuel Bowles; 14: Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation With Joseph Henrich; PART 4: ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURE HISTORY15: How Microevolutionary Processes Give Rise to History16: Are Cultural Phylogenies Possible? With Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and William H. Durham; 17: Was Agriculture Impossible during the Pleistocene but Mandatory during the Holocene? A Climate Change Hypothesis With Robert L. Bettinger; PART 5: LINKS TO OTHER DISCIPLINES; 18: Rationality, Imitation, and Tradition; 19: Simple Models of Complex Phenomena: The Case of Cultural Evolution; 20: Memes: Universal Acid or a Better Mousetrap?; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Subject IndexAB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YPresents 20 articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture. This work assumes that culture is crucial for understanding human behaviour; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs, attitudes, and values heavily influence our behaviour. It also states that culture is part of biology.Evolution and cognition.Social evolutionCultureOriginHuman evolutionSociobiologySocial evolution.CultureOrigin.Human evolution.Sociobiology.306Boyd RobertPh. D.45219Richerson Peter J603876MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784670503321Origin and evolution of cultures origin and evolution of cultures1125855UNINA