Is human culture cumulative?

• Krist Vaesen ^[1] ; Wybo Houkes ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Technology

     University of Technology

     Rusia

     
• Localización: Current anthropology: A world journal of the sciences of man, ISSN 0011-3204, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 218-238
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • It has been claimed that a unique feature of human culture is that it accumulates beneficial modifications over time. On the basis of a couple of methodological considerations, we here argue that, perhaps surprisingly, there is insufficient evidence for a proper test of this claim. And we indicate what further research would be needed to firmly establish the cumulativeness of human culture