Foresight in cultural evolution

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-255

  Mesoudi, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Foresight; Human culture; Mental time travel; Niche construction; Planning; Teleology; Teleonomy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN EVOLUTION;

EID: 38649106160     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9097-3     Document Type: Article

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