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This text presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture.

Social evolution. --- Culture --- Human evolution. --- Sociobiology. --- Biologism --- Human biology --- Human evolution --- Psychology, Comparative --- Social evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Origin of culture --- Civilization --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Evolution --- Social change --- Origin. --- Social aspects --- Origin --- History

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Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Evolution. Phylogeny

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Over the past few decades, a growing body of research has emerged from a variety of disciplines to highlight the importance of cultural evolution in understanding human behavior. Wider application of these insights, however, has been hampered by traditional disciplinary boundaries. To remedy this, in this volume leading researchers from theoretical biology, developmental and cognitive psychology, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, religious studies, history, and economics come together to explore the central role of cultural evolution in different aspects of human endeavor. The contributors take as their guiding principle the idea that cultural evolution can provide an important integrating function across the various disciplines of the human sciences, as organic evolution does for biology. The benefits of adopting a cultural evolutionary perspective are demonstrated by contributions on social systems, technology, language, and religion. Topics covered include enforcement of norms in human groups, the neuroscience of technology, language diversity, and prosociality and religion. The contributors evaluate current research on cultural evolution and consider its broader theoretical and practical implications, synthesizing past and ongoing work and sketching a roadmap for future cross-disciplinary efforts.

Linguistics --- Social change --- Sociology of culture --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Religious studies --- Social evolution. --- Technological innovations --- Human evolution --- Evolution sociale --- Innovations --- Homme --- Social aspects. --- Religious aspects --- Aspect social --- Evolution --- Aspect religieux --- Social evolution --- Social aspects --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Religious aspects. --- COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General --- BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution

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Human evolution --- Social evolution --- Sociobiology --- Biological Evolution --- Culture --- Biologism --- Human biology --- Psychology, Comparative --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Evolution --- Social change --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Beliefs --- Cultural Background --- Customs --- Background, Cultural --- Backgrounds, Cultural --- Belief --- Cultural Backgrounds --- Cultures --- Custom --- Evolution, Biological --- Social aspects --- Origin --- Sociology of culture --- Culture. --- Human evolution. --- Social evolution. --- Sociobiology. --- Evolution sociale --- Homme --- Sociobiologie --- Cultural Relativism --- Cultural Relativisms --- Relativism, Cultural --- Relativisms, Cultural

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