#49 Robert Boyd: Gene-culture Coevolution, Cultural Evolution

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Dr. Robert Boyd has a Ph.D. in Ecology, by the University of California-Davis. He is Professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University (ASU). He’s also the author of several books including How Humans Evolved, Culture and the Evolutionary Process, and Not By Genes Alone.

In this episode, we talk about dual inheritance theory; how climate fluctuations during the Pleistocene accentuated the importance of culture in human evolution; cultural adaptations and maladaptations; the role of imitation, learning, guided variation, and biased transmission in cultural evolution; the prestige bias, and the frequency-dependent bias; and group selection in cultural and genetic evolution.

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O Dr. Robert Boyd é doutorado em Ecologia, pela Universidade da Califórnia-Davis. É professor da Escola de Evolução Humana e Mudança Social (SHESC) da Arizona State University (ASU). É também o autor de vários livros, incluindo How Humans Evolved, Culture and the Evolutionary Process, e Not By Genes Alone.

Neste episódio, falamos sobre a dual inheritance theory; o papel que as flutuações climáticas durante o Pleistoceno tiveram na acentuação da importância da cultura na evolução humana; adaptações e más adaptações culturais; o papel da imitação, da aprendizagem, da variação guiada, e da transmissão enviesada na evolução cultural; o viés do prestígio, e o viés dependente da frequência; e seleção de grupo na evolução cultural e genética.

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His books:  https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Boyd-PhD/e/B001IQWOF4

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