I think cultural evolution is easier to see if you stop trying to relate it to genes (so is biological evolution). https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.html …
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@jasonroy0 One crucial development in the emergence of life was closed cell membranes; life-ish activity thought to have taken place along..1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jasonroy0 ...films before that (which emerge from scum on surfaces of rocks & water). Need some kind of closure to have stable genes.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jasonroy0 Compare human social behavior; there's not much in the way of perfect closure but *immense* pressure to approach it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jasonroy0 Spoken language more like primordial soup; lots of interactions, few barriers. But see how ingroups patrol member communications.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@jasonroy0 Written language more like genes; relatively stable.
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