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100	1		_aMesoudi, Alex, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aCultural evolution : _bhow Darwinian theory can explain human culture and synthesize the social sciences / _cAlex Mesoudi.
260			_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c2011.
300			_axiii, 264 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. A cultural species -- 2. Cultural evolution -- 3. Cultural microevolution -- 4. Cultural macroevolution i: archaeology and anthropology -- 5. Cultural macroevolution ii: language and history -- 6. Evolutionary experiments: cultural evolution in the lab -- 7. Evolutionary ethnography: cultural evolution in the field -- 8. Evolutionary economics: cultural evolution in the marketplace -- 9. Culture in nonhuman species -- 10. Toward an evolutionary synthesis for the social sciences.
520			_aCovering a range of topics, including fads, public policy, the spread of religion, and herd behavior in markets, this title shows that human culture is itself an evolutionary process that exhibits the key Darwinian mechanisms of variation, competition, and inheritance. It focuses on the ways cultural phenomena can be studied scientifically.
650		0	_aSocial evolution.
650		0	_aCulture.
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