The evolution of the shaman's cultural toolkit

Aiyana K. Willard; Yo Nakawake; Jonathan Jong

doi:10.1017/S0140525X17002205

The evolution of the shaman's cultural toolkit

Aiyana K. Willard, Yo Nakawake, Jonathan Jong

University of Oxford

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A complete picture of shamanism's cultural evolution requires an understanding of how the professionalization of shamanism affects the distribution of knowledge within societies. We suggest that limiting knowledge to fewer people could impede the accumulation of functional knowledge within shamanism. On this basis, we make further predictions about how the domain of shamanism could change and collapse.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e89
Journal	The Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17002205
Publication status	Published - 6 Apr 2018

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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