
Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd is an evolutionary anthropologist whose research is focused on the evolutionary psychology of the mechanisms that give rise to, and shape human culture, and how these mechanisms interact with population dynamic processes to shape human cultural variation. Prior to his current position as Professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, Boyd taught at Duke University, Emory University, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He is considered a forerunner in the field of cultural evolution and uses a combination of mathematical modelling, laboratory experiments, and ethnographic fieldwork in his research.
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Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection: 7. If You Make A Mess, Should You Clean It Up?
The only way to recover the simplicity is by cleaning up the mess that was made by falsely rejecting group selection in the 1960s.
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