tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148952300031935997.post8961833588513335507..comments2023-10-09T12:05:52.247-06:00Comments on LifeSmart : Towards a Scientific Theory of Cultural EvolutionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718138217801350798noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148952300031935997.post-28479166654829158942008-04-08T13:44:00.000-06:002008-04-08T13:44:00.000-06:00A recent Stanford study shows the process of natur...A recent Stanford study shows <BR/>the process of natural selection can act on human culture as well as on genes.<BR/><BR/>Scientists at Stanford University have shown for the first time that cultural traits affecting survival and reproduction evolve at a different rate than other cultural attributes. Speeded or slowed rates of evolution typically indicate the action of natural selection in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148952300031935997.post-41558333360463107742008-04-07T12:51:00.000-06:002008-04-07T12:51:00.000-06:00Reviewer Stephen Shennan summarizes the article:"I...Reviewer Stephen Shennan summarizes the article:<BR/><BR/>"In the most general terms, parallel mechanisms for inheritance, mutation, selection, and drift act on culture as they do on genes...In the case of culture, the inheritance mechanism is social learning: People learn ways to think and act from others...natural selection can also act on cultural attributes, in the sense that those Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019941661201257687noreply@blogger.com