Culture rather than genes provides greater scope for the evolution of large-scale human prosociality

被引:132
作者
Bell, Adrian V. [1 ]
Richerson, Peter J. [2 ]
McElreath, Richard [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Grad Grp Ecol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Environm Sci & Policy, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[3] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Anthropol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
altruism; cultural FST; group selection; prosociality; GROUP SELECTION; NORMS;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.0903232106
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Whether competition among large groups played an important role in human social evolution is dependent on how variation, whether cultural or genetic, is maintained between groups. Comparisons between genetic and cultural differentiation between neighboring groups show how natural selection on large groups is more plausible on cultural rather than genetic variation.
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页码:17671 / 17674
页数:4
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