04335nam a22004211i 4500 ebr10791805 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130617t20132013maua ob 001 0 eng d 9780262318297 (e-book) 9780262019750 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)864715234 HM626 .C84295 2013eb 303.4 23 Cultural evolution : society, technology, language, and religion / edited by Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2013] �2013 1 online resource (498 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Str�ungmann Forum reports Includes bibliographical references and index. List of contributors -- Introduction / Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen -- Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups -- Zoon politicon : the evolutionary roots of human sociopolitical -- Systems / Herbert Gintis and Carel van Schaik -- Human cooperation among kin and close associates may require / 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 Haun and Harriet Over -- Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups / Fiona M. Jordan, Rapporteur -- Carel van schaik, pieter fransis, herbert gintis, daniel 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 and science -- The cultural evolution of technology : facts and theories / Robert Boyd, Peter 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, Rapporteur, Kevin N. Laland, Robert Boyd, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Flynn, Robert N. McCauley, Jurgen Renn, Victoria Reyes-Garc�-a, Stephen Shennan, Dietrich Stout, and Claudio Tennie -- Cultural evolution of language -- The interplay of genetic and cultural factors in ongoing language evolution / Stephen C. Levinson and Dan Dediu -- Cultural evolution and language diversity / 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 / Michael Cysouw, Rapporteur, Stephen C. Levinson, Andrea Baronchelli, Morten H. Christiansen, William Croft, Dan Dediu -- Nicholas evans, simon garrod, russell gray, anne kandler, and elena lieven -- The cultural evolution of religion -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Subject index. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Human evolution Religious aspects. Social evolution. Technological innovations Social aspects. Electronic books. Christiansen, Morten H., 1963- Richerson, Peter J. Print version: Cultural evolution. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2013] xi, 485 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Str�ungmann forum reports 9780262019750 (OCoLC)842880357 (OCoLC)842884138 (DLC) 2013018994 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10791805 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 136429 136429