On the shape and fabric of human history.

Gray, Russell; Greenhill, SJ; Bryant, D

dc.contributor.author	Gray, Russell	en
dc.contributor.author	Greenhill, SJ	en
dc.contributor.author	Bryant, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-27T23:04:23Z	en
dc.date.issued	2010-12	en
dc.identifier.citation	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London 365(1559):3923-3933 Dec 2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0962-8436	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2292/18638	en
dc.description.abstract	In this paper we outline two debates about the nature of human cultural history. The first focuses on the extent to which human history is tree-like (its shape), and the second on the unity of that history (its fabric). Proponents of cultural phylogenetics are often accused of assuming that human history has been both highly tree-like and consisting of tightly linked lineages. Critics have pointed out obvious exceptions to these assumptions. Instead of a priori dichotomous disputes about the validity of cultural phylogenetics, we suggest that ...	en
dc.publisher	The Royal Society	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences	en
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dc.title	On the shape and fabric of human history.	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1098/rstb.2010.0162	en
pubs.issue	1559	en
pubs.begin-page	3923	en
pubs.volume	365	en
dc.rights.holder	Copyright: The Royal Society	en
pubs.end-page	3933	en
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pubs.subtype	Article	en
pubs.elements-id	341262	en
pubs.org-id	Science	en
pubs.org-id	Psychology	en
pubs.record-created-at-source-date	2012-04-02	en