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Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution

Richerson, Peter J., Boyd, Robert·2004·University of Chicago Press eBooks

DOI 10.7208/chicago/9780226712130.001.0001

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Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to occupy virtually every habitat on earth, and our societies are larger, more complex, and more cooperative than any other mammal's. In Not by Genes Alone, Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd argue that only a Darwinian theory of cultural evolution can explain these unique characteristics. Not by Genes Alone offers a radical interpretation of human evolution, arguing that our ecological dominance and our singular social systems stem from a psychology uniquely adapted to create complex culture. Richerson and Boyd consider culture to be essential to human adaptation, as much a part of human biology as bipedal locomotion. Drawing on work in the fields of anthropology, political science, sociology, and economics - and building their case with such fascinating examples as kayaks, clever knots, and yams that require twelve men to carry them - Richerson and Boyd convincingly demonstrate that culture and biology are inextricably linked. In abandoning the nature-versus-nurture debate as fundamentally misconceived, Not by Genes Alone is a truly original and groundbreaking theory of the role of culture in evolution and a book to be reckoned with for generations to come.

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Authors: Richerson, P. J., & Boyd, R.
Affiliations: University of California, Davis (US)
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
ORCID: Richerson, Peter J.
Boyd, Robert
Venue: University of Chicago Press eBooks
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226712130.001.0001
OpenAlex: W1484547183
Cited by: 2,793
References: 0
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FWCI: 304.01
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: University of Chicago Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Keywords: cultural evolution, human evolution, gene-culture coevolution, human adaptability, social complexity, cooperation, nature versus nurture, human behavior, cultural psychology

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Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution

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