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cultural group selection: a standalone construct

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cultural groupselection1 CONSTRUCTCultural group selectionRICHERSON · EVOLUTIONARY

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Evolutionary anthropology

competition among groups with different cultural norms that spreads the norms of more successful groups, including cooperative ones.

In evolutionary anthropology, cultural group selection refers to competition among groups with different cultural norms that spreads the norms of more successful groups, including cooperative ones. This meaning comes from Richerson (2014) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[1]

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  1. Richerson, P., Baldini, R., Bell, A. V., Demps, K., Frost, K., Hillis, V., Mathew, S., Newton, E. K., Naar, N., Newson, L., Ross, C., Smaldino, P. E., Waring, T. M., & Zefferman, M. (2014). Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation: A sketch of the evidence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x1400106x

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