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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... survival probabilities have selective value . Dawkins seems to suppose that the relationship between benefits and chances of survival can be described by a continuous curve so that , for example , if doubling a man's salary increases ...
... survival probabilities have selective value . Dawkins seems to suppose that the relationship between benefits and chances of survival can be described by a continuous curve so that , for example , if doubling a man's salary increases ...
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... incoherent homogeneity to a definite , coherent heterogeneity . . . ' ( Spencer 1898 : 396 ) . For Spencer , then , evolution is an inherently deterministic The Survival of the Mediocre The survival of the fittest (a) Spencerian evolution.
... incoherent homogeneity to a definite , coherent heterogeneity . . . ' ( Spencer 1898 : 396 ) . For Spencer , then , evolution is an inherently deterministic The Survival of the Mediocre The survival of the fittest (a) Spencerian evolution.
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... survival of the mediocre Why , then , is primitive warfare so common if it is not adaptive ? The answer is clearly ... survival of a social feature may have nothing to do with adaptive advantage , but instead be a case of the survival of ...
... survival of the mediocre Why , then , is primitive warfare so common if it is not adaptive ? The answer is clearly ... survival of a social feature may have nothing to do with adaptive advantage , but instead be a case of the survival of ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
Urheberrecht | |
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