Human evolutionary history and contemporary evolutionary theory provide insight when assessing cultural group selection. (9th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fuentes, Agustin; Kissel, Marc
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 39(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-03-09
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X15000102
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Richerson et al. provide a much needed roadmap for assessing cultural group selection (CGS) theory and for applying it to understanding variation between contemporary human groups. However, the current proposal lacks connection to relevant evidence from the human evolutionary record and requires a better integration with contemporary evolutionary theory. The article also misapplies the F st statistic.