Group level expression encoded in the individual. Commentary on "The cultural evolution of emergent group-level traits"

Ibbotson, Paul (2014). Group level expression encoded in the individual. Commentary on "The cultural evolution of emergent group-level traits". Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(3) pp. 261–262.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13002884

Abstract

Smaldino proposes a conceptual extension to the theory of cultural evolution to include emergent group-level traits as a unit of selection. It is important to recognize the role that group-level traits have played in the evolution of human culture. However, the emergent group-level trait of division of labor provides an illustrative example that is implementable within the existing framework of cMLS theory and may not even need a departure from the standard model.

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