Author Question: The key difference between Harris's evolutionism, and the evolutionism of Childe, White, and Lenski, ... (Read 63 times)

stevenposner · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

The key difference between Harris's evolutionism, and the evolutionism of Childe, White, and Lenski, is that Harris sees technological change occurring because of environmental depletion,

whereas the others see technological change resulting from the gradual accumulation of knowledge.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

Sanderson's evolutionary materialism modifies Harris's Principle of Infrastructural Determinism by focusing more heavily on the ideational aspects of human societies.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.