Koopje Culture Evolves – Andrew Whiten

Culture – broadly defined as all we learn from others that endures for long enough to generate customs and traditions – shapes vast swathes of our lives and has allowed the human species to dominate the planet in an evolutionarily unique way. Culture and cultural evolution are uniquely significant phenomena in evolutionary biology: they are products of biological evolution, yet they supplement genetic transmission with social transmission, thus achieving a certain independence from natural selection. Howeve…