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What Cultural Primatology can tell Anthropologists about the Evolution of Culture
By: Perry, Susan E.
Subject(s): Anthropology | Primates | Traditions | Cultural Transmission | Social Learning | Cultural Evolution | Cultural Primatology | Evolution-Culture | Socio-Cultural Anthropology | Biological Anthropology In: Annual Review of AnthropologySummary: This review traces the development of the field of cultural primatology from its origins in Japan in the 1950s to the present. The field has experienced a number of theoritical and methodological influences from diverse fields, including comparative experimental psychology. Freudian psychoanalysis, behavioral ecology, cultural anthropology, and gene-culture coevolution theory. Our understanding of cultural dynamics and the evolution of culture cannot be complete without comparative studies of a) how socioecological varibales affect cultural transmission dynamics, b) the proximate mechanisms by which social learning is acheived, c) developmental studies of the role of social influence in acquiring behavioural traits, and d) the fitness consequences of engaging in social learning.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This review traces the development of the field of cultural primatology from its origins in Japan in the 1950s to the present. The field has experienced a number of theoritical and methodological influences from diverse fields, including comparative experimental psychology. Freudian psychoanalysis, behavioral ecology, cultural anthropology, and gene-culture coevolution theory. Our understanding of cultural dynamics and the evolution of culture cannot be complete without comparative studies of a) how socioecological varibales affect cultural transmission dynamics, b) the proximate mechanisms by which social learning is acheived, c) developmental studies of the role of social influence in acquiring behavioural traits, and d) the fitness consequences of engaging in social learning.