‘The uses of ethnography in the science of cultural evolution’. Commentary on Mesoudi, A., Whiten, A. and K. Laland ‘Toward a unified science of cultural evolution’

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‘The uses of ethnography in the science of cultural evolution’. Commentary on Mesoudi, A., Whiten, A. and K. Laland ‘Toward a unified science of cultural evolution’

Tehrani, J.; (2006) ‘The uses of ethnography in the science of cultural evolution’. Commentary on Mesoudi, A., Whiten, A. and K. Laland ‘Toward a unified science of cultural evolution’. Behavioural and Brain Sciences , 29 (4) pp. 363-364. 10.1017/S0140525X06419087. Green open access

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Abstract

There is considerable scope for developing a more explicit role for ethnography within the research program proposed in the article. Ethnographic studies of cultural micro-evolution would complement experimental approaches by providing insights into the “natural” settings in which cultural behaviours occur. Ethnography can also contribute to the study of cultural macro-evolution by shedding light on the conditions that generate and maintain cultural lineages.

Type:	Article
Title:	‘The uses of ethnography in the science of cultural evolution’. Commentary on Mesoudi, A., Whiten, A. and K. Laland ‘Toward a unified science of cultural evolution’
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.1017/S0140525X06419087
Publisher version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X06419087
Language:	English
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2400

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