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The empirical evidence that does not support cultural group selection models for the evolution of human cooperation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Shakti Lamba
Shakti Lamba*
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Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College for Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, United Kingdom. s.lamba@exeter.ac.uk http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Shakti_Lamba
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Abstract

I outline key empirical evidence from my research and that of other scholars, testing the role of cultural group selection (CGS) in the evolution of human cooperation, which Richerson et al. failed to mention and which fails to support the CGS hypothesis.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e44
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