The Evolution of Culture A Historical and Scientific Overview

Dunbar, Robin (Editor)/ Knight, Chris (Editor)/ Power, Camilla (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0813527317 / ISBN 13: 9780813527314

Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr, 1999

257 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo 0813527317

Riassunto:

The Evolution of Culture seeks to explain the origins, evolution and character of human culture, from language, art, music and ritual to the use of technology and the beginnings of social, political and economic behavior. It is concerned not only with where and when human culture evolved, but also asks how and why.

The book draws together original contributions by archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and psychologists. By integrating evolutionary biology with the psychological, social and cultural sciences, it shows how contemporary evolutionary thinking can inform study of the peculiarly human phenomenon of symbolic culture. The contributors call into question the gulf currently separating the natural from the cultural sciences. Human capacities for culture, they argue, evolved through standard processes of natural and sexual selection, and properly be analyzed as biological adaptations.

The book is fully referenced and indexed, and contains a guide to further reading. It has been written to be accessible to the growing multidisciplinary readership now asking questions about human origins.

Product Description: This new series presents innovative titles pertaining to human origins, evolution, and behavior from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Subject areas include but are not limited to biological and physical anthropology, prehistoric archaeology, evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary biology. The series volumes will be of interest primarily to students and scholars in these fields.

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Titolo: The Evolution of Culture A Historical and ...
Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Brand New