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A unified science of cultural evolution should incorporate choice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2006

Barry Sopher
Barry Sopher*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ08901
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sopher@econ.rutgers.edu
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Abstract:

Analogies between biological and cultural evolution may be illuminating and suggest methods to pursue in the quest for a unified science of cultural evolution. Significant progress, however, is unlikely to be made by trying to fit cultural evolution neatly into a biological evolution schema. A key element defining and differentiating cultural evolution may be the role of conscious human choices.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 362 - 363
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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