title: Mother-infant cultural group selection.
abstract: Richerson et al. argue that "cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation." We believe that cooperation came first, making culture and thus cultural group selection possible. Cooperation and culture began - and begins - in mother-infant interaction.
authors: School of Anatomy, Physiology, and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. jchisholm@anhb.uwa.edu.au http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/jim.chisholm
authors: James S
authors: JS
authors: Chisholm
authors: University of Western Australia, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Coall
authors: Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. atkinson@psych.ryerson.ca http://www.ryerson.ca/psychology/faculty/atkinson/
authors: Leslie
authors: L
authors: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers