
Category: Cultural Evolution
Books that examine the interaction of biology and culture or the biological and cultural roots of the development of human societies.


Book Summary: “A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution” by Bowles and Gintis

Book Summary: “Evolution of Human Societies” by Johnson and Earle

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture” by Alex Mesoudi

Book Summary: “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge” by Matt Ridley

Book Summary: “The Origin and Evolution of Cultures” by Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson

Book Summary: “Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution” by Richerson and Boyd
