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<p>charles Darwin's On The Origins Of Species Had Two Principal Goals: To Show That Species Had Not Been Separately Created And To Show That Natural Selection Had Been The Main Force Behind Their Proliferation And Descent From Common Ancestors. In Coevolution, The Author Proposes A Powerful New Theory Of Cultural Evolution--that Is, Of The Descent With Modification Of The Shared Conceptual Systems We Call Cultures--that Is Parallel In Many Ways To Darwin's Theory Of Organic Evolution. <p>the Author Suggests That A Process Of Cultural Selection, Or Preservation By Preference, Driven Chiefly By Choice Or Imposition Depending On The Circumstances, Has Been The Main But Not Exclusive Force Of Cultural Change. He Shows That This Process Gives Rise To Five Major Patterns Or Modes In Which Cultural Change Is At Odds With Genetic Change. Each Of The Five Modes Is Discussed In Some Detail And Its Existence Confirmed Through One Or More Case Studies Chosen For Their Heuristic Value, The Robustness Of Their Data, And Their Broader Implications. But Coevolution Predicts Not Simply The Existence Of The Five Modes Of Gene-culture Relations; It Also Predicts Their Relative Importance In The Ongoi

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Author

William H. Durham

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804715379

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Social Science, Science