Cultural evolution : : society, technology, language, and religion / / edited by Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen.

• TeilnehmendeR: Christiansen, Morten H., 1963-; Richerson, Peter J.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts : : MIT Press,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Strungmann Forum reports
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (498 pages) :; illustrations.

Table of Contents

• List of contributors
• Introduction / Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen
• Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups
• Zoon politicon : the evolutionary roots of human sociopolitical
• Systems / Herbert Gintis and Carel van Schaik
• Human cooperation among kin and close associates may require / Sarah Mathew, Robert Boyd, and Matthijs Van Veelen
• The puzzle of human ultrasociality : how did large-scale complex societies evolve? / Peter Turchin
• Like me : a homophily-based account of human culture / Daniel Haun and Harriet Over
• Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups / Fiona M. Jordan, Rapporteur
• Carel van schaik, pieter fransis, herbert gintis, daniel haun, daniel j. hruschka, marco a. janssen, james a. kitts, laurent lehmann, sarah mathew, peter j. richerson, peter turchin, and polly wiessner
• The cultural evolution of technology and science
• The cultural evolution of technology : facts and theories / Robert Boyd, Peter Richerson, and Joseph Henrich
• Long-term trajectories of technological change / Stephen Shennan
• Neuroscience of technology / Dietrich Stout
• Scientific method as cultural innovation / Robert N. McCauley
• The cultural evolution of technology and science / Alex Mesoudi, Rapporteur, Kevin N. Laland, Robert Boyd, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Flynn, Robert N. McCauley, Jurgen Renn, Victoria Reyes-Garc-a, Stephen Shennan, Dietrich Stout, and Claudio Tennie
• Cultural evolution of language
• The interplay of genetic and cultural factors in ongoing language evolution / Stephen C. Levinson and Dan Dediu
• Cultural evolution and language diversity / Nicholas Evans
• Language acquisition as a cultural process / Elena Lieven
• Phylogenetic models of language change: three new questions / Russell D. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill, and Quentin D. Atkinson
• Cultural evolution of language / Michael Cysouw, Rapporteur, Stephen C. Levinson, Andrea Baronchelli, Morten H. Christiansen, William Croft, Dan Dediu
• Nicholas evans, simon garrod, russell gray, anne kandler, and elena lieven
• The cultural evolution of religion
• The evolution of prosocial religions / Edward Slingerland, Joseph Henrich, and Ara Norenzayan
• Rethinking proximate causation and development in religious / Evolution
• Harvey whitehouse
• Religious prosociality: a synthesis
• Ara norenzayan, joseph henrich, and edward slingerland
• The cultural evolution of religion
• Bibliography
• Subject index.