Hostname: page-component-74656f9884-54qdv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-09T14:57:57.337Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Human creativity, cultural evolution, and niche construction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Dean Keith Simonton
Dean Keith Simonton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-8686 dksimonton@ucdavis.edu psychology,ucdavis.edu/option2.htm Simonton
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

Cultural evolution may be even more prolific in the generation of new forms than is biological evolution – especially when it takes the form of creative genius. Yet evolutionary theories have tended to overlook the factors that might select for outstanding individual creativity. A recent dual-inheritance theory is outlined and then integrated with the niche-construction theory of Laland et al.

Information

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 159 - 160
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press