Category Archives: Social stratification

Evolution in Leaps: The punctuated Accumulation and Loss of Cultural Innovations

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

Archaeological accounts of cultural change reveal a fundamental conflict: Some suggest that change is gradual, accelerating over time, whereas others indicate that it is punctuated, with long periods of stasis interspersed by sudden gains or losses of multiple traits. Existing … Continue reading →

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