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      Emergence of Darwinian theories on evolution of Homo sapiens (Catarrhini: Hominidae) and their relevance for social sciences Translated title: Origen de las teorías darwinianas de la evolución de Homo sapiens (Catarrhini: Hominidae) y su importancia para las ciencias sociales

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      Revista chilena de historia natural
      Sociedad de Biología de Chile
      Darwin, human evolution, social sciences, ciencias sociales, Darwin, evolución humana

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          Despite the great impact that the Darwinian theories on organic evolution have had in the development and consolidation of biology as an autonomous scientific discipline, their relevance in social sciences, and particularly in archaeology and anthropology still remain ambiguous. This ambiguity is reflected in the classical interpretation of Darwin's work pervading Social Sciences during more than one century, according to which the same ideas that contributed to the understanding of natural processes from a scientific perspective would be at the basis of a misleading interpretation of the evolution of human societies due to the application of the principie of natural selection to the social processes. Here we show how the works of T.H. Huxley and A.R. Wallace positively stimulated Darwin to answer to the question about the origin of human populations considering culture from an evolutionary perspective as a factor opposed to the negative action of natural selection on human societies, thus refuting the classical interpretation of Darwin's work made by Social Sciences. The role played by the biocultural approach in understanding human evolution as well as in promoting the integrative thinking in Social Sciences is also discussed.

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          A pesar del enorme impacto que las teorías de Darwin sobre la evolución orgánica han tenido en el desarrollo y la consolidación de la biología como disciplina científica autónoma, su pertinencia en ciencias sociales, y particularmente en arqueología y antropología sigue siendo ambigua. Esta ambigüedad se refleja en la interpretación clásica de la obra de Darwin que ha permanecido en las ciencias sociales durante más de un siglo, según la cual las mismas ideas que contribuyeron a la comprension de los procesos naturales desde una perspectiva científica estarían en la base de una interpretación errónea de la evolución de las sociedades humanas debido a la aplicación del principio de la selección natural a los procesos sociales. Se muestra cómo la obra de T.H. Huxley y AR. Wallace estimularon positivamente a Darwin para responder a la pregunta sobre el origen de las poblaciones humanas. Esta respuesta consideró a la cultura desde una perspectiva evolutiva y como un factor opuesto a la acción negativa de la selección natural en las sociedades humanas, rechazándose así la interpretación clásica de la obra de Darwin formulada desde las ciencias sociales. Se discute el rol que juega el enfoque biocultural en la comprension de la evolución humana así como en promover el pensamiento integrativo en las ciencias sociales.

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                Revista chilena de historia natural
                Rev. chil. hist. nat.
                Sociedad de Biología de Chile (Santiago, , Chile )
                0716-078X
                December 2010
                : 83
                : 4
                : 501-510
                Affiliations
                [01] Santiago orgnameUniversidad de Chile orgdiv1Facultad de Medicina orgdiv2ICBM Chile
                [02] Santiago orgnameUniversidad de Chile orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Sociales orgdiv2Departamento de Antropología Chile gmanriqu@ 123456med.uchile.cl
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                S0716-078X2010000400005 S0716-078X(10)08300405
                10.4067/S0716-078X2010000400005
                a59b463a-497c-4560-8163-4992fa4e0da1

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 03 February 2010
                : 20 August 2010
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                SPECIAL FEATURE: DARWINIAN CORE AND POST-DARWINIAN EXTENSIONS

                human evolution,Darwin,ciencias sociales,social sciences,evolución humana

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