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    Inaugural Cultural Evolution Society Conference

    Max Planck Institute of the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany

    The Cultural Evolution Society supports evolutionary approaches to culture in humans and other animals. The society welcomes all who share this fundamental interest, including in the pursuit of basic research, teaching, or applied work. We are committed to fostering an integrative interdisciplinary community spanning traditional academic boundaries from across the social, psychological, and biological sciences, and including archaeology, computer science, economics, history, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy and religious studies.

    Read more: https://www.shh.mpg.de/cescjena2017

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