Culture is central to human success? Well, that is exactly what author and evolutionary biologist Dr. Mark Pagel suggests in his new book Wired for Culture.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the thesis of Dr. Pagel’s book is that human beings lives became dominated by culture, they could have adopted habits that did not lead to having more descendants. However, we did not. We set about using culture to favor survival of those like us at the expense of other groups.