Cultural Niche Construction: An Introduction

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A Cultural Niche Construction Theory of Initial Domestication (2011, background): “…as embodied in CNC theory, appears to hold great promise in serving as a framework of explanation that can accommodate and successfully integrate both biologically and culturally informed approaches to understanding the evolution of human behavior (Laland and O’Brien 2010, 2012 this issue).”
Ecological Inheritance and Cultural Inheritance: What Are They and How Do They Differ? (2011, background): “…habitat modification, from digging ditches to climate change, are the products or by-products of cultural knowledge, acquired and socially transmitted by humans and expressed in their use of technology and engineering (Laland and O’Brien 2012, this issue; Smith 2012, this issue; Sterelny 2012).”
Ecology in an anthropogenic biosphere (2015, background): “…of ecosystems by socially transmitted behaviors that produce heritable adaptive benefits and/or detriments (Laland et al. 2000, 2001, Mesoudi et al. 2006, 2013, Smith 2007a, Bonduriansky and Day 2009, Boyd et al. 2011, Kendal et al. 2011, Laland and O’Brien 2012, O’Brien and Laland 2012).”