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Another frame shift: From cultural transmission to cultural co-construction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Barbara J. King
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 bjking@facstaff.wm.edu

Abstract

Laland et al.'s bidirectional model is a welcome starting point that can be enhanced by a full incorporation of systems thinking into its framework. Systems thinkers note that culture is not transmitted linearly in chunks but is co-constructed within subgroups. Niche construction, particularly among primates, should be studied primarily through the effects that social relationships have on selection pressures.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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