In:
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 39 ( 2016)
Abstract:
We question the need to explain the onset of agriculture by appealing to the second type of multilevel selection (MLS2). Unlike eusocial insect colonies, human societies do not exhibit key features of evolutionary individuals. If we avoid the mistake of equating Darwinian fitness with health and quality of life, the adoption of agriculture is almost certainly explicable in terms of individual-level selection and individual rationality.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0140-525X
,
1469-1825
DOI:
10.1017/S0140525X15001090
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2016
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1481789-5
detail.hit.zdb_id:
423721-3
SSG:
7,11
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