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Human artistic behaviour: adaptation, byproduct, or cultural group selection?

Johan De Smedt (UGent) and Helen De Cruz
(2012) Philosophy of behavioral biology. In Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 282 (4). p.167-187
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Evolutionary accounts of art fall naturally into two categories: those that propose that art is an adaptation, and those that propose it is a byproduct of adaptations which evolved for different purposes. Although each of these positions can be supported by a wide range of empirical evidence, we will argue that there are shortcomings in each type of explanation. We will propose the alternative that the earliest art arose as a product of cultural group selection, drawing on theoretical models of altruism, anthropological observations of the use of art in extant small-scale societies and archaeological findings from Upper Palaeolithic Europe, in particular the Magdalenian cultural complex.

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De Smedt, Johan, and Helen De Cruz. “Human Artistic Behaviour: Adaptation, Byproduct, or Cultural Group Selection?” Philosophy of Behavioral Biology, edited by Kathryn S Plaisance and Thomas AC Reydon, vol. 282 (4), Springer, 2012, pp. 167–87, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1951-4_8.
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De Smedt, J., & De Cruz, H. (2012). Human artistic behaviour: adaptation, byproduct, or cultural group selection? In K. S. Plaisance & T. A. Reydon (Eds.), Philosophy of behavioral biology: Vol. 282 (4) (pp. 167–187). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1951-4_8
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De Smedt, Johan, and Helen De Cruz. 2012. “Human Artistic Behaviour: Adaptation, Byproduct, or Cultural Group Selection?” In Philosophy of Behavioral Biology, edited by Kathryn S Plaisance and Thomas AC Reydon, 282 (4):167–87. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1951-4_8.
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De Smedt, Johan, and Helen De Cruz. 2012. “Human Artistic Behaviour: Adaptation, Byproduct, or Cultural Group Selection?” In Philosophy of Behavioral Biology, ed by. Kathryn S Plaisance and Thomas AC Reydon, 282 (4):167–187. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1951-4_8.
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De Smedt J, De Cruz H. Human artistic behaviour: adaptation, byproduct, or cultural group selection? In: Plaisance KS, Reydon TA, editors. Philosophy of behavioral biology. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer; 2012. p. 167–87.
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J. De Smedt and H. De Cruz, “Human artistic behaviour: adaptation, byproduct, or cultural group selection?,” in Philosophy of behavioral biology, vol. 282 (4), K. S. Plaisance and T. A. Reydon, Eds. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2012, pp. 167–187.
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  abstract     = {{Evolutionary accounts of art fall naturally into two categories: those that propose that art is an adaptation, and those that propose it is a byproduct of adaptations which evolved for different purposes. Although each of these positions can be supported by a wide range of empirical evidence, we will argue that there are shortcomings in each type of explanation. We will propose the alternative that the earliest art arose as a product of cultural group selection, drawing on theoretical models of altruism, anthropological observations of the use of art in extant small-scale societies and archaeological findings from Upper Palaeolithic Europe, in particular the Magdalenian cultural complex.}},
  author       = {{De Smedt, Johan and De Cruz, Helen}},
  booktitle    = {{Philosophy of behavioral biology}},
  editor       = {{Plaisance, Kathryn S and Reydon, Thomas AC}},
  isbn         = {{9789400719507}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{167--187}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science}},
  title        = {{Human artistic behaviour: adaptation, byproduct, or cultural group selection?}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1951-4_8}},
  volume       = {{282 (4)}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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