Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution: Volume 2

by Stephen Shennan

This volume offers an integrative approach to the application of evolutionary theory in studies of cultural transmission and social evolution and reveals the enormous range of ways in which Darwinian ideas can lead to productive empirical research, the touchstone of any worthwhile theoretical perspective. While many recent works on cultural evolution adopt a specific theoretical framework, such as dual inheritance theory or human behavioral ecology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520255992
• ISBN13: 9780520255999
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"