TY - BOOK AU - Richerson,Peter J. AU - Christiansen,Morten H. TI - Cultural evolution: society, technology, language, and religion T2 - Strungmann forum reports SN - 9781461950356 AV - HM626 .C858 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, MA PB - MIT Press KW - Social evolution KW - Technological innovations KW - Social aspects KW - Human evolution KW - Religious aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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-GarcÃ-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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=656633&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -