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Examining a wide array of cultures, the author offers an original consideration of our dual inheritance, going deep inside an ethnographic record to outline a relationship between our genetic codes and symbolic systems. He reveals how the inherent tensions between these two modes of transmission generate many of the features of human society.

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"Paul uses dual inheritance theory as a tool for ethnographic interpretation in a highly original way. Using a rich array of ethnographic evidence, he very effectively demonstrates that culture is a brawny phenomenon that is key to understanding why humans are so different from even our closest primate relatives." (Peter J. Richerson, University of California, Davis)

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 24 April 2015
      ISBN-13 9780226240862
      978-0226240862
      ISBN-10 022624086X
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      Cultural studies

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      Book Synopsis
      Examining a wide array of cultures, the author offers an original consideration of our dual inheritance, going deep inside an ethnographic record to outline a relationship between our genetic codes and symbolic systems. He reveals how the inherent tensions between these two modes of transmission generate many of the features of human society.

      Trade Review
      "Paul uses dual inheritance theory as a tool for ethnographic interpretation in a highly original way. Using a rich array of ethnographic evidence, he very effectively demonstrates that culture is a brawny phenomenon that is key to understanding why humans are so different from even our closest primate relatives." (Peter J. Richerson, University of California, Davis)

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