School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Institute for Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281.
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, AZ 95616.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Nov 26;121(48):e2322879121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2322879121. Epub 2024 Nov 18.
The study of cultural evolution using ideas from population biology began about 50 y ago, with the work of L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, Marcus Feldman, and ourselves. It has grown from this small beginning into a vital field with many publications and its own scientific society. In this essay, we give our perspective on the origins of the field and current unanswered questions.
使用群体生物学思想研究文化进化大约始于 50 年前,相关工作由 L.L.卡瓦利-斯福扎、马库斯·费尔德曼和我们三人开展。该领域从一个很小的开端发展壮大,如今已出版物众多,并拥有自己的科学学会。在本文中,我们阐述了该领域的起源和当前尚未解决的问题。