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  1. Mar 2023
    1. In contrast [to non-human species' cultural traditions], human cultures do accumulate changes over many generations, resulting in culturally transmitted behaviors that no single human individual could invent on their own.
      • Boyd & Richerson give a nice explanation of CCE
      • In contrast [to non-human species' cultural traditions],
        • human cultures do accumulate changes over many generations,
        • resulting in culturally transmitted behaviors that no single human individual could invent on their own.
    2. Why have we, alone in the animal kingdom, created art and literature, socio-political systems that permit large-scale cooperation, and the scientific and technological knowledge to colonize the whole planet and explore space?
      • Cumulative cultural evolution has emerged as the front runner to explain human "success"
      • CCE was popularized by Boyd & Richarerson and Tomasello.
      • Tomasello argued that only humans could "accumulate modifications over time"