Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cultural phylogenetics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: cul-tur-al -phy-lo-ge-net-ics
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

8

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of techniques from phylogenetics to study the evolutionary history of relationships between humans and between groups of humans, as well as of cultural memes and practices.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For a critique of cultural phylogenetics that is nevertheless supportive of cultural evolution theory, see Borgerhoff Mulder, Nunn, and Towner 2006."
"Focusing on just a single aspect of cultural phylogenetics—homology of man-made objects—exposed many avenues for future theoretical and methodological developments in sociocultural evolution:[…]."
"In sum, the biggest challenge to cultural phylogenetics remains that, despite the methodological compatibility with biological phylogenetics, many of the concepts and mechanisms of the latter cannot be applied to cultural evolution."

Usage

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Questions

What does cultural phylogenetics mean?: The use of techniques from phylogenetics to study the evolutionary history of relationships between humans and between groups of humans, as well as of cultural memes and practices.

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