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The Human Adaptation for Culture and its Behavioral Implications

The Human Adaptation for Culture and its Behavioral Implications During phylogeny, man adapted for culture in ways other primates did not. This key adaptation is the one that enabled humans to understand other individuals as intentional agents like the self. This genetic event opened the way for new and powerful cultural processes but did not specify the detailed outcomes of behavior we see today. It just provided the basis for cultural evolution that, with no further genetic events, enabled the distinctive characteristics of human cognition. These capabilities can explain the motivational underpinnings of a variety of human inclinations and behaviors, such as a tendency toward cooperation, altruism, or fairness. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Bioeconomics Springer Journals

The Human Adaptation for Culture and its Behavioral Implications

Journal of Bioeconomics , Volume 6 (2) – Dec 26, 2004

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Economics; Environmental Economics; Behavioral Sciences; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods; Political Science; Law and Economics
ISSN
1387-6996
eISSN
1573-6989
DOI
10.1023/B:JBIO.0000040408.87815.a9
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Abstract

During phylogeny, man adapted for culture in ways other primates did not. This key adaptation is the one that enabled humans to understand other individuals as intentional agents like the self. This genetic event opened the way for new and powerful cultural processes but did not specify the detailed outcomes of behavior we see today. It just provided the basis for cultural evolution that, with no further genetic events, enabled the distinctive characteristics of human cognition. These capabilities can explain the motivational underpinnings of a variety of human inclinations and behaviors, such as a tendency toward cooperation, altruism, or fairness.

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Journal of BioeconomicsSpringer Journals

Published: Dec 26, 2004

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