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

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Richerson, Peter J., editor.

Christiansen, Morten H., 1963- editor.

Conference Name:

Ernst Strüngmann Forum (12th : 2012 : Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Series:

Strüngmann Forum reports

Strungmann forum reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social evolution.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

Human evolution--Religious aspects.

Human evolution.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 485 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]

Contents:

List of contributors

Introduction / Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen

Zoon politicon : the evolutionary roots of human sociopolitical systems / Herbert Gintis and Carel van Schaik

Human cooperation among kin and close associates may require enforcement of norms by third parties / 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 B.M. Haun and Harriet Over

Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups / Fiona M. Jordan, Carel van Schaik, Pieter François, Herbert Gintis, Daniel B.M. 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 : facts and theories / Robert Boyd, Peter J. 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, Kevin N. Laland, Robert Boyd, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Flynn, Robert N. McCauley, Jürgen Renn, Victoria Reyes-García, Stephen Shennan, Dietrich Stout, and Claudio Tennie

The interplay of genetic and cultural factors in ongoing language evolution / Stephen C. Levinson and Dan Dediu

Language diversity as a resource for understanding cultural evolution / 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 / Dan Dediu, Michael Cysouw, Stephen C. Levinson, Andrea Baronchelli, Morten H. Christiansen, William Croft, Nicholas Evans, Simon Garrod, Russell D. Gray, Anne Kandler, and Elena Lieven

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 / Joseph Bulbulia, Armin W. geertz, Quentin D. Atkinson, Emma Cohen, Nicholas Evans, Pieter François, Herbert Gintis, Russell D. Gray, Joseph Henrich, Fiona M. Jordan, Ara Norenzayan, Peter J. Richerson, Edward Slingerland, Peter Turchin, Harvey Whitehouse, Thomas Widlok, and David S. Wilson

Appendix : Developmental issues

Bibliography

Subject index.

Notes:

The 12th Ernst Strüngmann Forum held May 27-June 1, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262019750

0262019752

OCLC:

842880357