Not by genes alone : how culture transformed human evolution /

Not by genes alone : how culture transformed human evolution /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Richerson, Peter J.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 332 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Social evolution.
Culture -- Origin.
Human evolution.
Human behavior.
Sociobiology.
Culture.
Biological Evolution.
Sociobiology.
Culture -- Origin.
Human behavior.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Sociobiology.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11228746
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Other authors / contributors:Boyd, Robert, 1948-
ISBN:9780226712130
0226712133
0226712842
9780226712123
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-315) and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:"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 illustrate here that culture is neither superorganic nor the handmaiden of the genes. Rather, it is 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 examples as kayaks, corporations, clever knots, and yams that require twelve men to carry them - Richerson and Boyd demonstrate that culture and biology are inextricably linked, and they show us how to think about their interaction in a way that yields a richer understanding of human nature."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Richerson, Peter J. Not by genes alone. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005 9780226712840

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