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Cultural adaptation to environmental change versus stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2013

Lei Chang ,
Bin-Bin Chen  and
Hui Jing Lu
Lei Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. leichang@cuhk.edu.hk http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/eps/people/changl.html
Bin-Bin Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. chenbinbin@fudan.edu.cn http://ice.ssdpp.fudan.edu.cn/%E9%99%88%E6%96%8C%E6%96%8C/
Hui Jing Lu
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China. huijing.lu@polyu.edu.hk http://www.polyu.edu.hk/apss/v2/article.php?article_id=75&pid=0
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Abstract

The target article provides an intermediate account of culture and freedom that is conceived to be curvilinear by treating economic development not as an adaptive outcome in response to climate but as a cause of culture parallel to climate. We argue that the extent of environmental variability, including climatic variability, affects cultural adaptation.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 485 - 486
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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