Book,
The evolution of culture in animals
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1980)
Abstract
Traces origins of human cultural capacity back into early biological evolution. Culture is transmitted by behavioral rather than genetic means, but the capacity for culture (a larger and more complex brain, etc.) and the selection pressure for and advantages of culture may be seen as part of biological evolution. Examines early origins of cultural evolution in bacteria, insects and vertebrates. Also addresses the evolution of learning, teaching and flexible responses.
