?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Fate+of+Evolutionary+Archaeology%3A+Survival+or+Extinction%3F&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Dr.+Liane+M.&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=It+is+important+to+be+clear+as+to+whether+a+theory+such+as+evolutionary+archaeology+pertains+to+biological+evolution%2C+in+which+acquired+change+is+obliterated+at+the+end+of+each+generation%2C+or+cultural+change%2C+in+which+acquired+change+is+retained.+In+evolutionary+archaeology%2C+(1)+the+population+is+said+to+consist+of+artifacts%2C+yet+(2)+artifacts+are+said+to+be+phenotypic.+Neither+(1)+nor+(2)+is+necessarily+problematic+in+and+of+itself%2C+but+the+two+are+inconsistent%2C+as+the+first+pertains+to+cultural+change+whereas+the+second+to+the+biological+evolution+of+humans.+A+first+step+to+avoiding+this+problem+is+to+recognize+that+there+is+a+need+for+a+theory+of+change+specific+to+human+culture.+Referring+to+ongoing+work+using+a+related+approach+to+cultural+change%2C+it+is+suggested+that+the+inconsistencies+in+evolutionary+archaeology%2C+though+problematic%2C+are+not+insurmountable.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5582%2F1%2Fea.htm&rft.identifier=++Gabora%2C+Dr.+Liane+M.++(2006)+The+Fate+of+Evolutionary+Archaeology%3A+Survival+or+Extinction%3F++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5582%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>