Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2006 - Volume 29, Issue 04  

Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2006), 29:4:360-360 Cambridge University Press
Copyright © 2006 Cambridge University Press
doi:10.1017/S0140525X06379083

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Darwinian cultural evolution rivals genetic evolution

Mark Pagel a1
a1 School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AJ, United Kingdom. m.pagel@rdg.ac.uk

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Abstract

The study of culture from an evolutionary perspective has been slowed by resistance from some quarters of anthropology, a poor appreciation of the fidelity of cultural transmission, and misunderstandings about human intentionality.

(Published Online November 9 2006)