contributions from evolutionary anthropology O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John) 1950- Shennan, Stephen. text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass MIT Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xi, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Issues in anthropological studies of innovation / Michael J. O'Brien and Stephen J. Shennan -- Innovation and invention from a logical point of view / André Ariew -- Comparative perspectives on human innovation / Kevin N. Laland and Simon M. Reader -- Organismal innovation / Jeffrey H. Schwartz -- Innovation, replicative behavior, and evolvability : contributions from neuroscience and human decision-making theory / Daniel O. Larson -- Innovation from evo-devo to human culture / Werner Callebaut -- The evolution of innovation-enhancing institutions / Joseph Henrich -- Fashion versus reason in the creative industries / R. Alexander Bentley -- Demography and variation in the accumulation of culturally inherited skills / Adam Powell, Stephen J. Shennan, and Mark G. Thomas -- Cultural traditions and the evolutionary advantages of noninnovation / Craig T. Palmer -- The experimental study of cultural innovation / Alex Mesoudi -- Social learning, economic inequality, and innovation diffusion / Anne Kandler and James Steele -- Technological innovations and developmental trajectories : social factors as evolutionary forces / Valentine Roux -- Can archaeologists study processes of invention? / Michael Brian Schiffer -- War, women, and religion : the spread of Salado polychrome in the American Southwest / Todd L. VanPool and Chet Savage. edited by Michael J. O'Brien and Stephen J. Shennan. Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical anthropology Human evolution Social evolution Human beings Origin Technological innovations GN60 .I56 2010 599.9 9780262013338 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262013339 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2009009084 DLC 090305 20150408114012.0 15647393