Cultural evolution is not equivalent to Darwinian evolution
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Cultural evolution is not equivalent to Darwinian evolution
Darwinian evolution, defined as evolution arising from selection based directly on the properties of individuals, does not account for cultural constructs providing the organizational basis of human societies. The difficulty with linking Darwinian evolution to structural properties of cultural constructs is exemplified with kinship terminologies, a cultural construct that structures and delinea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0140-525X,1469-1825
DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x0638908x