Cultural group selection is plausible, but the predictions of its hypotheses should be tested with real-world data
Turchin, P; Currie, TE
Date: 1 January 2016
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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The evidence compiled in the target article demonstrates that the assumptions of cultural group selection (CGS) theory are often met, and it is therefore a useful framework for generating plausible hypotheses. However, more can be said about how we can test the predictions of CGS hypotheses against competing explanations using historical, ...
The evidence compiled in the target article demonstrates that the assumptions of cultural group selection (CGS) theory are often met, and it is therefore a useful framework for generating plausible hypotheses. However, more can be said about how we can test the predictions of CGS hypotheses against competing explanations using historical, archaeological, and anthropological data.
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