title: Does cultural group selection explain the evolution of pet-keeping?
abstract: Pet-keeping is highly variable across cultures in both frequency and form. Cultural group selection offers a plausible explanation for the development and spread of this uniquely human phenomenon in that pet-keeping involves an inheritance system, socially transmitted norms and preferences, substantial between-group variation, and (albeit indirectly) intergroup competition.
authors: Department of Psychology,Western Carolina University,Cullowhee,NC 28723.herzog@email.wcu.eduhttp://paws.wcu.edu/herzog/
authors: Harold
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authors: Herzog
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006801:Humans; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012919:Social Behavior