Seeks to explain the origins and character of human culture from early language, art, music and ritual to the use of technology and the beginnings of social, political and economic behaviour. Corner crease to title page o/w Fine. All our UK orders are posted First Class. All profits to Amnesty International.

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Title: THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE An Interdisciplinary View
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0748610766
ISBN 13: 9780748610761
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: First Editiion.
Condition: Near Fine.

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This book explores the ways in which contemporary evolutionary thinking might inform the study of the peculiarly human phenomenon of symbolic culture, including language, ritual, religion, religion and art. It draws together contributions from biologists, linguists, anthropologists and archaeologists in order to establish common ground where collaboration and interaction will be especially productive and challenging in the study of those fundamental aspects of our biology that makes us human.* Multidisciplinary* An evolutionary approach to culture

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Robin Dunbar is Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford

Chris Knight is Reader in Anthropology at the University of East London.

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