Tag Archives: Joseph Henrich
Cultural Evolution and Pacific Tatau
I am excited by the prospects of returning to the field next summer to do more research, as I’ve been digging into relevant theory in cultural evolution that is, I believe, spot-on in outlining what is going on with the … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Christopher Lynn, Cultural Evolution
Tagged fa'asamoa, Inking of Immunity, Joseph Henrich, Su'a Petelo Sulu'ape, tatau, tattoo
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Cooperators Attract Cooperators, Non-Cooperators are Stuck with Each Other
In catching up on a back-log of articles people have emailed me, I’m absorbing what I think are probably obvious but nonetheless profound implications of a study by Coren Apicella, Frank Marlowe, James Fowler, & Nicholas Christakis that was published … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Cultural Evolution
Tagged behavioral immune system, cooperation, Coren L. Apicella, degree assortativity, degree distribution, Frank W. Marlowe, free-riders, Hadza, homophily, hunter-gatherers, James H. Fowler, Joseph Henrich, Nicholas A. Christakis, parasite-driven wedge, reciprocity, social networks, transitivity
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