TY - JOUR
T1 - Explaining group-level traits requires distinguishing process from product
AU - Panchanathan, Karthik
AU - Mathew, Sarah
AU - Perreault, Charles
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Smaldino is right to argue that we need a richer theory of grouplevel traits. He is wrong, however, in limiting group-level traits to units of cultural selection, which require explanations based on group selection. Traits are best understood when explanations focus on both process (i.e., selection) and product (i.e., adaptation). This approach can distinguish group-level traits that arise through within-group processes from those that arise through between-group processes.
AB - Smaldino is right to argue that we need a richer theory of grouplevel traits. He is wrong, however, in limiting group-level traits to units of cultural selection, which require explanations based on group selection. Traits are best understood when explanations focus on both process (i.e., selection) and product (i.e., adaptation). This approach can distinguish group-level traits that arise through within-group processes from those that arise through between-group processes.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X13002975
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X13002975
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24970416
AN - SCOPUS:84903550951
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 37
SP - 269
EP - 270
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 3
ER -