What is cumulative culture, and how should it be tested? Comment
Mesoudi, A
Date: 6 April 2021
Journal
Current Anthropology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press/Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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Abstract
It has been claimed that a unique feature of human culture is that it accumulates beneficial modifications over time. On the basis of a couple of methodological considerations, we here argue that, perhaps surprisingly, there is insufficient evidence for a proper test of this claim. And we indicate what further research would be needed ...
It has been claimed that a unique feature of human culture is that it accumulates beneficial modifications over time. On the basis of a couple of methodological considerations, we here argue that, perhaps surprisingly, there is insufficient evidence for a proper test of this claim. And we indicate what further research would be needed to firmly establish the cumulativeness of human culture.
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