Culture and the Direction of Human Evolution
Author : Symposium on Culture and the Direction of Human Evol
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Page : 103 pages
File Size : 44,29 MB
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ISBN : 9780783737928
Author : Symposium on Culture and the Direction of Human Evol
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Page : 103 pages
File Size : 44,29 MB
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ISBN : 9780783737928
Author : Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky
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Page : 6 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
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Category : Evolution
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Author : John Stewart
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Page : 362 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0646394975
Evolution's Arrow argues that evolution is directional and progressive, and that this has major consequences for humanity. Without resort to teleology, the book demonstrates that evolution moves in the direction of producing cooperative organisations of greater scale and evolvability - evolution has organised molecular processes into cells, cells into organisms, and organisms into societies. The book founds this position on a new theory of the evolution of cooperation. It shows that self-interest at the level of the genes does not prevent cooperation from increasing as evolution unfolds. Evolution progresses by discovering ways to build cooperative organisations out of self-interested individuals. The book also shows that evolution itself has evolved. Evolution has progressively improved the ability of evolutionary mechanisms to discover effective adaptations. And it has produced new and better mechanisms. Evolution's Arrow uses this understanding of the direction of evolution to identify the next great steps in the evolution of life on earth - the steps that humanity must take if we are to continue to be successful in evolutionary terms. A key step for humanity is to increase the scale and evolvability of our societies, eventually forming a unified and cooperative society on the scale of the planet. We must also transform ourselves psychologically to become self-evolving organisms - organisms that are able to escape their biological and cultural past by adapting in whatever directions are necessary to achieve future evolutionary success.
Author : Stanley M. Garn
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Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Evolution
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Author : Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1108470971
A complete account of evolutionary thought in the social, environmental and policy sciences, creating bridges with biology.
Author : Stanley Marion Garn
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Page : 99 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : symposium
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Page : 98 pages
File Size : 16,86 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science. Section on Anthropology
Publisher : Detroit, Wayne State U. P
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Science
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Author : Theodosius Dobzhansky
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,96 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9780231056328
Author : Robert Boyd
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Page : 465 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 019518145X
The Origin and Evolution of Cultures presents articles based on two notions. That culture is crucial for understanding human behaviour; and that culture is part of biology. Interest in this collection will span anthropology, psychology, economics, philosophy, and political science.