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Genes, Memes and Human History: Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution
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by Stephen Shennan

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As biological information is passed through genes, so cultural information is passed through what Richard Dawkins has termed memes'. In this theoretical but readable study, Shennan explores the potential for a neo-Darwinian evolutionary approach to some of the major concerns and issues within archaeology in recent times. Drawing on the work of Richard Dawkins as a stimulus, Shennan reviews the concept of memes as applied to animal behaviour and critiques their role in relation to human populations. Arguing that archaeologists are currently struggling with a lost past, this study reinforces what should be the prime concern of archaeology - to search for valid knowledge and to seek to make sense of long-term patterning and material culture. Shennan puts forward a framework to this end and applies it to looking at how humans exploit resources, population histories, the transmission of cultural traditions, male-female relationships and social evolution, competition and warfare.

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  • Title Genes, Memes and Human History: Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution
  • Author Stephen Shennan
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Am edition
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom
  • Publication date February 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780500051184 / 0500051186
  • Weight 1.74 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.4 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 3.56 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Social evolution, Human evolution
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002102984
  • Dewey Decimal Code 599.938
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