virus: Re: A Drosophila for cultural evolution

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Sat, 9 Aug 97 11:42:48 -0400


>>>What can serve as a Drosophila for the study of cultural evolution?

OK- I've been thinking about this.

And I think I've got it.

So sit down....

The answer to life, the universe, and everything is- Toilet training.

Stop laughing.

There is ample anthropological and ethnographic data, there is a clear
primate evolutionary path, there is a clear pan-cultural incidence, and
it is even experimentally testable.

Any takers?

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