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ArticleEvolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior2021

Tempo and Mode in Cultural Macroevolution.

Peter Turchin, Sergey Gavrilets

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Article in Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2 authors.

Peter TurchinComplexity Science Hub Vienna.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1292-8100
Sergey GavriletsDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Mathematics, Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1581-4018

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evolutionary scientists studying social and cultural evolution have proposed a multitude of mechanisms by which cultural change can be effected. In this article we discuss two influential ideas from the theory of biological evolution that can inform this debate: the contrast between the micro- and macro-evolution, and the distinction between the tempo and mode of evolution. We add the empirical depth to these ideas by summarizing recent results from the analyses of data on past societies in

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Cultural EvolutionBiological EvolutionHumansPhenotypecultural macroevolutionevolution of complex societieshistorical datainter-polity interactionsmajor evolutionary transitionswarfare

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PMID34939451
PMCPMC10355295

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