Evolutionary Implications of Cross-Cultural Correlations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7738756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrey Korotayev (0000-0003-3014-2037, Russian State University for the Humanities, corresponding author), Alexander Kazankov (0000-0002-6647-5047, Russian State University for the Humanities), Leonid Dreier (Russian State University for the Humanities), Natalia Dmitrieva (0000-0001-7813-9131, Russian State University for the Humanities), Наталья Дмитриева (Russian State University for the Humanities) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 247-264 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1069397103253676 |
| OpenAlex | W2140954885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
In 1896 Boas argued that “if anthropology desires to establish laws governing the growth of culture it must not confine itself to comparing the results of the growth alone, but whenever such is feasible it must compare the processes of growth” (p. 280). However, later it was argued that evolutionary inferences could not and should not be made from synchronic data. But is the comparative evolutionary method of anthropology entirely illegitimate? In this article, the authors test this hypothesis using synchronic and diachronic data on kinship organization and terminology from the Circum-Mediterranean region. This test appears to support the idea that inferences about specific evolutionary developments can be made on the basis of a synchronic association. Contrary to most anthropological discourse of the recent decades, the authors maintain that a synchronic association can serve as a sound basis for making inferences about specific evolutionary developments
Association (psychology · Biology · Epistemology · Kinship · Linguistics · Sociology · Terminology · Test (biology · Anthropology · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques · Philosophy · Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods · Ecology
Social evolutionism
History, Man, and Reason
Power and Privilege
Social Change and History
The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology
Power and Privilege
Unilineal Descent Organization and Deep Christianization
A Macrohistoric Trend Toward World Government
Kin Term Patterns and Their Distribution
Settlement Patterns and Community Organization
Cultural Units in Cross-Cultural Research
The Study of Kinship Systems
African Systems of Kinship and Marriage
Standard Cross-Cultural Sample
A Cross-Cultural Historical Analysis of Subsistence Change
Regions Based on Social Structure
Regions Based on Social Structure
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |