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#139 Peter Richerson: Biology and Culture, Cultural Evolution, Cognition, and Group Selection

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Exploring Culture in Humans and Social Animals

This chapter delves into the concept of culture, comparing rudimentary social learning culture in animals with the complex cumulative culture seen in humans. It discusses the role of culture as a phenotype in organisms and highlights human abilities in imitation and learning from others. The chapter also delves into cognitive aspects in humans crucial for studying culture, including imitating behaviors and biases influencing the acquisition of cultural information.

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