Taking into account the wider evolutionary context of cumulative cultural evolution

• Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 43; p. e160
• Main Author: Claidière, Nicolas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Communication; Cooperation; Cultural transmission; Evolution; Hypotheses; Open Peer Commentary

The target article reviews evidence showing that technological reasoning is crucial to cumulative technological culture but it fails to discuss the implications for the emergence of cumulative cultural evolution (CCE) in general. The target article supports the social view of CCE against the more ec...