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    Below is the abstract of a forthcoming BBS target article

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    NICHE CONSTRUCTION, BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AND CULTURAL CHANGE.
    by Kevin N Laland


This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain
Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing
Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in
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        NICHE CONSTRUCTION, BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AND CULTURAL CHANGE.

        Kevin N Laland

        Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour,
        University of Cambridge,
        Madingley,
        Cambridge CB3 8AA,
        United Kingdom.
        http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/
        knl1001@hermes.cam.ac.uk

        John Odling-Smee

        Institute of Biological Anthropology,
        University of Oxford,
        58 Banbury Road,
        Oxford OX2 6QS,
        United Kingdom.
        http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/oxro/ad.htm
        john.odling-smee@bioanthropology.ox.ac.uk

        Marcus W Feldman

        Department of Biological Sciences,
        Herrin Hall,
        Stanford University,
        Stanford,
        CA 94305-5020,
        USA.
        http://www.stanford.edu/dept/biology
        marc%wright@forsythe.stanford.edu

    ABSTRACT: We propose a model to map the causal pathways relating
    biological evolution to cultural change. Building on conventional
    evolutionary theory, the model emphasises the capacity of organisms
    to modify sources of natural selection in their environment (niche
    construction); the evolutionary dynamic can also be broadened to
    incorporate ontogenetic and cultural processes, with phenotypes
    playing a much more active role in evolution. The model sheds light
    on hominid evolution, the evolution of culture, altruism and
    cooperation. Culture amplifies the capacity of human beings to
    modify sources of natural selection in their environments to the
    point where that capacity raises some new questions about the
    processes of human adaptation.

    KEYWORDS: Niche construction, gene-culture coevolution, human
    evolution, evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, adaptation.

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To retrieve a file by ftp from an Internet site, type either:
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   or
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   yourlogin@yourhost.whatever.whatever - be sure to include the "@")
cd /pub/harnad/BBS
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ls
   Next, retrieve the file you want with (for example):
get bbs.laland
   When you have the file(s) you want, type:
quit

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