The Darwinian view of culture: Alex Mesoudi: Cultural evolution: How Darwinian theory can explain human culture and synthesize the social sciences. University of Chicago Press, 2011

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 745-753

  Lewens, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Darwinism; Modern synthesis

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 84865437260     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-011-9306-y     Document Type: Review

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