The Principles of Social EvolutionClarendon Press, 1986 - 412 Seiten Dispelling the general assumption that social institutions survive because of their sophisticated adaptive advantages, this ground-breaking work asserts that the commonest customs and institutions may endure because of their very simplicity or as a result of simple human proclivity. Using religious, military, and kinship institutions to illustrate this argument, the author shows that a precise combination of these factors may lead to the emergence of new forms of social evolution. |
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... involved in organic evolution ( see , e.g. Crick 1981 : 87 , and the discussions in Moorhead and Kaplan 1967 ) . While evolution is the product of selection as well as variation , selection can only operate if variation can produce ...
... involved in organic evolution ( see , e.g. Crick 1981 : 87 , and the discussions in Moorhead and Kaplan 1967 ) . While evolution is the product of selection as well as variation , selection can only operate if variation can produce ...
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... involved in the genesis and legitimation of the Shang state . It was believed that Ti , the high god , conferred fruitful harvest and divine assistance in battle , that the king's ancestors were able to intercede with Ti , and that the ...
... involved in the genesis and legitimation of the Shang state . It was believed that Ti , the high god , conferred fruitful harvest and divine assistance in battle , that the king's ancestors were able to intercede with Ti , and that the ...
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... involved , as E. A. Freeman long ago pointed out ( 1877 : 100-2 ) , and a national parliament did not develop until representative17 institutions were devised in the course of the thirteenth century in particular ( see for example Holt ...
... involved , as E. A. Freeman long ago pointed out ( 1877 : 100-2 ) , and a national parliament did not develop until representative17 institutions were devised in the course of the thirteenth century in particular ( see for example Holt ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
Urheberrecht | |
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