Cultural Niche Construction: An Introduction

Laland, Kevin N.; O’Brien, Michael J.

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Cultural Niche Construction: An Introduction

Laland, Kevin N., O’Brien, Michael J.·2011·Biological Theory

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Niche construction theory holds that organisms actively reshape their environment.
“This gap corresponds to the missing bottom-up direction in niche construction theory (Odling-Smee et al., 2003; Laland et al., 2000; Laland and O'Brien, 2011), which holds that organisms actively reshape their environment.”
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Authors: Laland, K. N., & O’Brien, M. J.
Affiliations: University of St Andrews (GB)
University of Missouri (US)
Corresponding author: Laland, Kevin N.
ORCID: Laland, Kevin N.
O’Brien, Michael J.
Venue: Biological Theory
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2011-09
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Pages: 191-202
ISSN: 1555-5542 (ISSN-L)
1555-5550
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-012-0026-6
OpenAlex: W2019613126
Cited by: 312
References: 129
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 54 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 3
FWCI: 165.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Biological Theory (publishedVersion)
Funders: University of Missouri
Topics: Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords: niche construction theory, cultural niche construction, human evolution, environmental modification, developmental environment, ecosystem engineering, acquired characteristics, cultural practices

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