title: Tackling group-level traits by starting at the start.
abstract: We agree that emergent group-level properties are important; however, we disagree that current approaches, especially culture-gene coevolutionary (CGC) approaches, have neglected them. We explain how CGC helps demystify the tumult of humans' group-level complexity by "starting at the start," and why (a) assuming undifferentiated individuals and (b) focusing on cooperation are actually powerful tools to this end.
authors: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University,Tempe, AZ 85287.Maciej.Chudek@asu.eduhttp://abcs.asu.edu/Maciek/
authors: Maciej
authors: M
authors: Chudek
authors: Department of Psychology,University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC V6T 1Z4,Canada.joseph.henrich@gmail.comhttp://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich.
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Henrich
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D012641:Selection, Genetic