The burden of proof for a cultural group selection account.

Autor: Barclay P; Department of Psychology,University of Guelph,Guelph,ON N1G 2W1,Canada.barclayp@uoguelph.cawww.patbarclay.com., Krupp DB; Program in Evolution and Governance,One Earth Future,Broomfield,CO 80021.dbkrupp@saltlab.orghttp://www.saltlab.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Behavioral and brain sciences [Behav Brain Sci] 2016 Jan; Vol. 39, pp. e33.
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X15000060
Abstrakt: Richerson et al. establish cultural group selection as a plausible force in human social evolution. However, they do not demonstrate its causal precedence for any trait, let alone its "essentialness." To do so, they must show that a particular group trait was caused by cultural transmission, and directly caused differences in group fitness.
Databáze: MEDLINE