Genes, memes and human history : Darwinian archaeology and cultural evolution /

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Author / Creator:Shennan, Stephen.
Imprint:London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2003.
Description:304 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4835980
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ISBN:0500051186
Notes:"With 47 illustrations."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Why Darwinian Archaeology?
  • 2. Behavioural Ecology: The Evolutionary Study of Behaviour
  • 3. Culture as an Evolutionary System
  • 4. The Evolutionary Archaeology of Cultural Traditions
  • 5. Human Life Histories and their Population Consequences
  • 6. The Archaeology of Getting a Living: Long-Term Patterns in the Human Exploitation of Resources
  • 7. Male-Female Relations in Evolutionary Perspective: The Role of Sexual Selection
  • 8. The History of Social Contracts and the Evolution of Property
  • 9. Competition, Cooperation and Warfare: The Role of Group Selection
  • 10. History, Adaptation and Self-Organization
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Sources of Illustrations
  • Index