@article{1412400,
      author = {Richerson, Peter J., and Christiansen, Morten H.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1412400},
      title = {Cultural evolution : society, technology, language, and  religion /},
      abstract = {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.},
      recid = {1412400},
      pages = {1 online resource (xi, 485 pages) :},
}