Beyond the individual: toward a relational and inclusive cultural evolutionary science of childhood
Year: 2026
Type: article
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.
Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Author: Natalia B. Dutra
Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4413976250