Evolutionary biologist studying human behavior and societies through adaptationist reasoning. DR CNRS @ Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL & Institut Jean Nicod.
Jean-Baptiste André
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Baumard and André (B&A) responded to the (many) comments that their original piece (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...).
Their response is linked in Alberto's post. I just got a pdf copy and will read it now; this will be a thread with my first thoughts...
Baumard & André answer to the commentaries to "The ecological approach to culture". An important conversation for everybody interested in application of evolutionary theory to culture.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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For those who do not have access to the papers, we have compiled the original paper, the commentaries, and our response into a single file available here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n7wka...
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Today, our response to these commentaries is out! A huge thank you to all commentators for making this such a stimulating exchange. We hope it's useful for anyone interested in evolutionary approaches to culture:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Over 20 researchers from evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, cognitive science, or anthropology weighed in with sharp, insightful commentaries.
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Last year, Nicolas Baumard and I published a target article in EHB, where we propose that cultural phenomena emerge from feedbacks between evolved psychology and ecological legacies, the same mechanisms at work in any ecosystem:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New @aeon.co essay just out! On how institutions let us scale trust and cooperation - and when things start to unravel.
Big thanks to editor Sam Dresser.
For the more technical version, see thread & paper below👇
