Genes, Memes and Human History: Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution

by Stephen Shennan

Book Overview

As biological information is passed through genes, so cultural information is passed through what Richard Dawkins has termed memes'. In this theoretical but readable study, Shennan explores the potential for a neo-Darwinian evolutionary approach to some of the major concerns and issues within archaeology in recent times. Drawing on the work of Richard Dawkins as a stimulus, Shennan reviews the concept of memes as applied to animal behaviour and critiques...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500051186
• ISBN13: 9780500051184
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.4"