The Adaptive Nature of Culture: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Returns of Local Environmental Knowledge in Three Indigenous Societies
| Autor: | Dounias, Edmond, Reyes-García, Victoria, Guèze, Maximilien, Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel, Duda, Romain, Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro, Gallois, Sandrine, Napitupulu, Lucentezza, Orta-Martínez, Martí, Pyhälä, Aili |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Gouvernance, Risque, Environnement, Développement (GRED), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), ERC - European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013), European Project: FP7-261971-LEK,LEK, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Biosciences, Centre of Excellence in Metapopulation Research, Global Change and Conservation Lab |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Archeology hunting MESH: Transients and Migrants cross-cultural research [SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology adaptation MESH: Plants Medicinal 01 natural sciences [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences local knowledge MESH: Cultural Evolution MESH: Cross-Cultural Comparison 0601 history and archaeology Sociology Social science ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS cross-cultural anthropology 2. Zero hunger Transients and Migrants education.field_of_study Public economics Amazon rainforest Sharing 06 humanities and the arts Adaptation Physiological sharing Knowledge Ecosystems Research Traditional knowledge Diet Paleolithic MESH: Knowledge Knowledge transfer Cross-Cultural Comparison [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes Population local environmental knowledge MESH: Population Groups Big Five personality traits and culture 5143 Social and cultural anthropology hunter-gatherers 010603 evolutionary biology Indigenous Article Population Groups Medicinal plants Cultural Evolution Cross-cultural Humans Hunting Africa Central Adaptation education Biology 060101 anthropology Plants Medicinal MESH: Humans MESH: Diet Paleolithic 15. Life on land [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology Cross-cultural studies MESH: Adaptation Physiological [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society culture MESH: Africa Central Cross-cultural research Anthropology [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies behavioral adaptation Hunter-gatherers traditional knowledge [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology medicinal plants |
| Zdroj: | Current Anthropology Current Anthropology, University of Chicago Press, 2016, 57 (6), pp.761-784. ⟨10.1086/689307⟩ Current Anthropology, 2016, 57 (6), pp.761-784. ⟨10.1086/689307⟩ Reyes-García, V, Guèze, M, Díaz-Reviriego, I, Duda, R, Fernández-Llamazares, Á, Gallois, S, Napitupulu, L, Orta-Martínez, M & Pyhälä, A 2016, ' The adaptive nature of culture : A cross-cultural analysis of the returns of local environmental knowledge in three indigenous societies ' Current Anthropology, vol 57, no. 6, pp. 761-784 . DOI: 10.1086/689307 Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Reyes-García, V, Guèze, M, Díaz-Reviriego, I, Duda, R, Fernández-Llamazares, Á, Gallois, S, Napitupulu, L, Orta-Martínez, M & Pyhälä, A 2016, ' The adaptive nature of culture : A cross-cultural analysis of the returns of local environmental knowledge in three indigenous societies ', Current Anthropology, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 761-784 . https://doi.org/10.1086/689307 |
| ISSN: | 0011-3204 1537-5382 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/689307⟩ |
| Popis: | Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552 Researchers have argued that the behavioral adaptations that explain the success of our species are partially cultural, i.e., cumulative and socially transmitted. Thus, understanding the adaptive nature of culture is crucial to understand human evolution. We use a cross-cultural framework and empirical data purposely collected to test whether culturally transmitted and individually appropriated knowledge provides individual returns in terms of hunting yields and health and, by extension, to nutritional status, a proxy for individual adaptive success. Data were collected in three subsistence-oriented societies: the Tsimane' (Amazon), the Baka (Congo Basin), and the Punan (Borneo). Results suggest that variations in individual levels of local environmental knowledge relate to individual hunting returns and to self-reported health, but not to nutritional status. We argue that this paradox can be explained through the prevalence of sharing: individuals achieving higher returns to their knowledge transfer them to the rest of the population, which explains the lack of association between knowledge and nutritional status. The finding is in consonance with previous research highlighting the importance of cultural traits favoring group success, but pushes it forward by elucidating the mechanisms through which individual and group level adaptive forces interact. |
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