Article ID: CBB211246459

Between Kin Selection and Cultural Relativism: Cultural Evolution and the Origin of Inequality (2019)

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Cultural anthropologists and sociobiologists developed initially incommensurable approaches to explaining cooperation and altruism in human societies. When understood as complex cultural adaptations, however, scientific research programs are subject to piecemeal changes in the research programs driving scientific research. The emergence of new research programs in cultural evolution and group selection resulted. This transformation is examined with a focus on explanations for the origin and maintenance of human inequality. The transmission, modification, and selection of the complex cultural packages underlying egalitarianism and hereditary inequality challenge both the focus on biological roots of hierarchy and the autonomous construction of cultures.

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Authors & Contributors
Adria L. Imada
Waidner, Isabel
Chad Borkenhagen
Johnson, Adam Fulton
Ullica Segerstråle
Giordano, Sara
Concepts
Science and society
Cultural anthropology
Sociobiology
Relativism (philosophy)
Biology
Culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Rhodesia
Hawaii (U.S.)
Australia
Africa
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