Is cultural evolution Lamarckian?

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-512

  Kronfeldner, Maria E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Directed variation; Inheritance of acquired characteristics; Lamarckism; Memes; Problem solving; Transformational evolution

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY;

LAMARCKIA;

EID: 34547635055     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-006-9037-7     Document Type: Article

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