Group-structured cultural selection can explain both war and peace

Sarah Mathew, Matthew Zefferman

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Abstract

Glowacki recognizes the importance of norms in enabling war and peace, but does not focus on the cultural evolutionary mechanisms by which these norms are maintained. We highlight how group-structured cultural selection shapes the scale and nature of peaceful intergroup interactions. The mechanistic perspective reveals that there are many more cases of peaceful intergroup relations than the current account implies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere1
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume47
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 15 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Physiology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

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