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Culture as an evolutionary phenomenon| old_uid | 847 |
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| title | Culture as an evolutionary phenomenon |
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| start_date | 2006/03/15 |
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| schedule | 14h-16h |
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| online | no |
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| details | Avec la collaboration de Dan Sperber et du groupe NaSH (Naturalisme et Sciences Humaines) de l'Institut Jean-Nicod (CNRS, ENS, EHESS) |
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| summary | Humans are an evolutionary anomaly. We are the product of evolution, but at the same time we are radically different from the ordinary run of beasts. We have a wider range than other species, are much more variable, and much more cooperative. To understand this anomaly, we need to bring culture into the Darwinian evolutionary framework. To do this we need to conceptualize culture as a population phenomena in which it is thought of as beliefs, values, and other cultural variants distributed in a population, and cultural evolution is modeled as processes that cause some variants to spread and others to diminish. This approach allows us to understand why culture has caused humans to be such an evolutionary success and why our behavior is so different from that of other creatures. |
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| responsibles | Andler |
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