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A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species (The University Center for Human Values Series)
| Full title: | A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species (The University Center for Human Values Series) |
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| ISBN: | 9780691177731 |
| ISBN 10: | 0691177732 |
| Authors: | Boyd, Robert |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Num. pages: | 248 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2017 |
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Synopsis
Introduction / Stephen Macedo -- Not By Brains Alone : The Vital Role Of Culture In Human Adaptation -- Beyond Kith And Kin : Culture And The Scale Of Human Cooperation -- Comments. Imitation, Hayek, And The Significance Of Cultural Learning / H. Allen Orr ; Adaptation Without Insight? / Kim Sterelny ; Inference And Hypothesis Testing In Cultural Evolution / Ruth Mace ; Adaptable, Cooperative, Manipulative, And Rivalrous -- Response. Culture, Beliefs, And Decisions. Robert Boyd. Based On The Tanner Lectures Delivered At Princeton University--book Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [197]-222) And Index.