Biocultural theory: the current state of knowledge
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Biocultural theory : the current state of knowledge. / Carroll, Joseph; Clasen, Mathias; Jonsson, Emelie; Kratschmer, Alexandra Regina; McKerracher, Luseadra; Riede, Felix; Svenning, Jens Christian; Kjærgaard, Peter C.
I: Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Bind 11, Nr. 11, 01.2017, s. 1-15.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Biocultural theory
T2 - the current state of knowledge
AU - Carroll, Joseph
AU - Clasen, Mathias
AU - Jonsson, Emelie
AU - Kratschmer, Alexandra Regina
AU - McKerracher, Luseadra
AU - Riede, Felix
AU - Svenning, Jens Christian
AU - Kjærgaard, Peter C.
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - Biocultural theory is an integrative research program designed to investigate the causal interactions between biological adaptations and cultural constructions. From the biocultural perspective, cultural processes are rooted in the biological necessities of the human life cycle: specifically human forms of birth, growth, survival, mating, parenting, and sociality. Conversely, from the biocultural perspective, human biological processes are constrained, organized, and developed by culture, which includes technology, culturally specific socioeconomic and political structures, religious and ideological beliefs, and artistic practices such as music, dance, painting, and storytelling. Establishing biocultural theory as a program that self-consciously encompasses the different particular forms of human evolutionary research could help scholars and scientists envision their own specialized areas of research as contributions to a coherent, collective research program. This article argues that a mature biocultural paradigm needs to be informed by at least 7 major research clusters: (a) gene-culture coevolution; (b) human life history theory;
AB - Biocultural theory is an integrative research program designed to investigate the causal interactions between biological adaptations and cultural constructions. From the biocultural perspective, cultural processes are rooted in the biological necessities of the human life cycle: specifically human forms of birth, growth, survival, mating, parenting, and sociality. Conversely, from the biocultural perspective, human biological processes are constrained, organized, and developed by culture, which includes technology, culturally specific socioeconomic and political structures, religious and ideological beliefs, and artistic practices such as music, dance, painting, and storytelling. Establishing biocultural theory as a program that self-consciously encompasses the different particular forms of human evolutionary research could help scholars and scientists envision their own specialized areas of research as contributions to a coherent, collective research program. This article argues that a mature biocultural paradigm needs to be informed by at least 7 major research clusters: (a) gene-culture coevolution; (b) human life history theory;
KW - Biocultural theory
KW - Consilience
KW - Evolutionary psychology
KW - Geneculture coevolution
KW - Human evolution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961226752&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/ebs0000058
DO - 10.1037/ebs0000058
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84961226752
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
JF - Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
SN - 2330-2925
IS - 11
ER -
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