O'Brien, Michael J. <br/><br/>
Innovation in Cultural Systems :  Contributions from Evolutionary Anthropology. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (297 pages) 
 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Series ;  v.12 .
 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I Introduction -- 1 Issues in Anthropological Studies of Innovation -- II The Biological Substrate -- 2 Innovation and Invention from a Logical Point of View -- 3 Comparative Perspectives on Human Innovation -- 4 Organismal Innovation -- 5 Innovation, Replicative Behavior, and Evolvability -- 6 Innovation from EvoDevo to Human Culture -- III Cultural Inheritance -- 7 The Evolution of Innovation-Enhancing Institutions -- 8 Fashion versus Reason in the Creative Industries -- 9 Demography and Variation in the Accumulation of Culturally Inherited Skills -- 10 Cultural Traditions and the Evolutionary Advantages of Noninnovation -- 11 The Experimental Study of Cultural Innovation -- 12 Social Learning, Economic Inequality, and Innovation Diffusion -- IV Patterns in the Anthropological Record -- 13 Technological Innovations and Developmental Trajectories -- 14 Can Archaeologists Study Processes of Invention? -- 15 War, Women, and Religion -- Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Leading scholars offer a range of perspectives on the roles played by innovation in the evolution of human culture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262259101 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Physical anthropology.<br/>Human evolution.<br/>Social evolution.<br/>Human beings-Origin.<br/>Technological innovations.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN60.I56 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>599.9