Ecology and the production of cultural materials: Two empirical illustrations

  • Pascal Boyer

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    Abstract

    The ecological perspective defended by Baumard & André offer a way to avoid the ambiguities that result from a notion of “inheritance” for cultural materials. It also allows us to formulate more precise empirical hypotheses concerning the motivations for producing cultural materials, as illustrated in the case of inter-group violence and of mystical explanations of misfortune.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number106692
    JournalEvolution and Human Behavior
    Volume46
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 2025

    Keywords

    • Cultural evolution
    • Culture
    • Evolutionary psychology
    • Inheritance

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