Now we see the violence inherent in the tinkering.

IF 8.2 1区心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-18 DOI:10.1017/S0140525X26106414

Paul E Smaldino

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Abstract

The concept of social tinkering is useful, but insufficient to explain the evolution of human cultural complexity due to its overemphasis on cooperative interactions. The importance of conflict, violence, and inequality in the evolution of complex cultures complicates the social tinkering hypothesis. Who gets to tinker, and what determines which products of that tinkering are selected?

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现在我们看到了修修补补中固有的暴力。

社会修补的概念是有用的，但不足以解释人类文化复杂性的演变，因为它过于强调合作互动。冲突、暴力和不平等在复杂文化演变中的重要性使社会修补假说变得更加复杂。谁来修修补补，是什么决定了哪些产品被选中？

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

1.70%

发文量

353

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