Beyond the individual: toward a relational and inclusive cultural evolutionary science of childhood
Abstract
In this commentary I critique individualist biases in developmental and cultural evolutionary science, highlighting the need to study children's peer cultures as relational and culturally situated. Emphasizing perspectives from the Global South, I call for a genuinely inclusive framework that integrates non-Western developmental theories into the core of cultural evolutionary research.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cultural Differences and Values
Language and cultural evolution
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Volume
- 49
- Pages
- e232–e232
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN