Discontinuity-Equilibrium Evolution and Evolution Path Dependence

Rui-Wu Wang
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Rui-Wu Wang: Northwestern Polytechnical University

Chapter Chapter 12 in The End of Rationality and Selfishness, 2023, pp 183-194 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Many cultural behaviors or species originate independently of each other in different places. There is already some evidence that humans themselves evolved independently on several continents, and biologists have found that many species actually originated in different regions for a long time, and that today’s globally distributed populations don’t stem from the same geographic ancestors. It is easier to understand such multipoint origins if we take the origin of a culture as an example, such as the culture in which humans used fire. I don’t think anyone would insist that people all over the world learned how to use drill wood to make fire from The Flintstones of China.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9752-5_12

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