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Adaptation and intracultural variation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

John Marshall Townsend
John Marshall Townsend
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1090 jmtsu44@aol.com
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Abstract

Inclusion of cultural variables in the study of human evolution is essential but introduces problems of vagueness, nonspecificity, and overgeneralization. Recognition of intracultural variation and conflict, and inclusion of ontogenetic processes such as individual learning are antidotal.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 162
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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