Cultural and Biological Evolution: What is the Difference?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-017-9284-9" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-017-9284-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-017-9284-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12304-017-9284-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cultural and Biological Evolution: What is the Difference?

Original language description

From a biosemiotic perspective, is there any reason to view cultural and biological evolution as two distinct processes? What is cultural evolution and how can cultural processes be differentiated from life processes? Biological and cultural evolution are often seen intimately linked, whereby the latter is considered a daughter of the former. At the same time, they are frequently viewed as counterpoints which may lead to opposite results. That, however, says little about any differences between the biological and the cultural aspect of evolution. One finds a similar contrast in Darwin&apos;s theory of biological evolution, where sexual selection often counteracts natural selection. Cultural evolution thus should not be viewed as something extrinsic to biological evolution: while sometimes it acts independently or even against the processes we regard as purely &apos;biological&apos;, in other instances it works in synergy with biological processes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biosemiotics

ISSN

1875-1342

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

127-130

UT code for WoS article

000401722000009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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