文档介绍：The Origin and
Evolution of Cultures
Robert Boyd
Peter J. Richerson
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Origin and Evolution of Cultures
EVOLUTION AND COGNITION
General Editor, Stephen Stich, Rutgers University
Published in the series
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Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson,
The Origin and Evolution of Cultures
The Origin and
Evolution of Cultures
Robert Boyd
Peter J. Richerson
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2005
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boyd, Robert.
The origin and evolution of cultures / Robert Boyd,
Peter J. Richerson.
p. cm.—(Evolution and cognition)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13 978-0-19-516524-1; 978-0-19-518145-6 (pbk.)
ISBN 0-19-516524-1; 0-19-518145-X (pbk.)
1. Social evolution. 2. Culture—Origin. 3. Human evolution.
4. Sociobiology. I. Richerson, Peter J. II. Title. III. Series.
2004
306—dc22 2004043408
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Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1: R. Boyd and P. J. Richerson. Social learning as an adaptation. In: Lectures on
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