Articulating Babel: An approach to cultural evolution

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 563-571

  Wimsatt, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex skills; Cultural evolution; Development; Generative entrenchment; Interdisciplinarity; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84908508120     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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