List of contributors
Introduction / Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen
Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups
Zoon politicon : the evolutionary roots of human sociopolitical
Systems / Herbert Gintis and Carel van Schaik
Human cooperation among kin and close associates may require / Sarah Mathew, Robert Boyd, and Matthijs Van Veelen
The puzzle of human ultrasociality : how did large-scale complex societies evolve? / Peter Turchin
Like me : a homophily-based account of human culture / Daniel Haun and Harriet Over
Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups / Fiona M. Jordan, Rapporteur
Carel van schaik, pieter fransis, herbert gintis, daniel haun, daniel j. hruschka, marco a. janssen, james a. kitts, laurent lehmann, sarah mathew, peter j. richerson, peter turchin, and polly wiessner
The cultural evolution of technology and science
The cultural evolution of technology : facts and theories / Robert Boyd, Peter Richerson, and Joseph Henrich
Long-term trajectories of technological change / Stephen Shennan
Neuroscience of technology / Dietrich Stout
Scientific method as cultural innovation / Robert N. McCauley
The cultural evolution of technology and science / Alex Mesoudi, Rapporteur, Kevin N. Laland, Robert Boyd, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Flynn, Robert N. McCauley, Jurgen Renn, Victoria Reyes-Garc©-a, Stephen Shennan, Dietrich Stout, and Claudio Tennie
Cultural evolution of language
The interplay of genetic and cultural factors in ongoing language evolution / Stephen C. Levinson and Dan Dediu
Cultural evolution and language diversity / Nicholas Evans
Language acquisition as a cultural process / Elena Lieven
Phylogenetic models of language change: three new questions / Russell D. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill, and Quentin D. Atkinson
Cultural evolution of language / Michael Cysouw, Rapporteur, Stephen C. Levinson, Andrea Baronchelli, Morten H. Christiansen, William Croft, Dan Dediu
Nicholas evans, simon garrod, russell gray, anne kandler, and elena lieven
The cultural evolution of religion
The evolution of prosocial religions / Edward Slingerland, Joseph Henrich, and Ara Norenzayan
Rethinking proximate causation and development in religious / Evolution
Harvey whitehouse
Religious prosociality: a synthesis
Ara norenzayan, joseph henrich, and edward slingerland
The cultural evolution of religion
Bibliography
Subject index.