Culture and the Evolutionary Process - Softcover

Boyd, Robert; Richerson, Peter J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226069338 ISBN 13: 9780226069333

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1988

Synopsis

How do biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural factors combine to change societies over the long run? Boyd and Richerson explore how genetic and cultural factors interact, under the influence of evolutionary forces, to produce the diversity we see in human cultures. Using methods developed by population biologists, they propose a theory of cultural evolution that is an original and fair-minded alternative to the sociobiology debate.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Boyd has written widely on evolutionary theory, focusing especially on the evolution of cooperation and the role of culture in human evolution. His book Culture and the Evolutionary Process received the J. I. Staley Prize, and he has also published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. Boyd is currently the Origins Professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.

Peter J. Richerson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. He is the author of "Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution".

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0226069338
• ISBN 13: 9780226069333
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 339