[3] In addition to Darwin's work the term historically covers a diverse range of theories[2] from both the sciences and the humanities including those of Lamark, politics and economics e.g. Bagehot, anthropology e.g. Edward B. Tylor, literature e.g. Ferdinand Brunetière, evolutionary ethics e.g. Leslie Stephen, sociology e.g. Albert Keller, anthropology e.g. Bronislaw Malinowski, Biosciences e.g. Alex Mesoudi,[3] geography e.g. Richard Ormrod,[4] sociobiology and biodiversity e.g. E.O.
Wilson, computer programming e.g. Richard Brodie,[5] and other fields e.g. Neoevolutionism, and Evolutionary archaeology.
[6] Crozier suggests that Cultural Selection emerges from three bases: Social contagion theory, Evolutionary epistemology, and Memetics.
In memetics, memes, much like biology's genes, are informational units passed through generations of culture.
[1] A good example of this theory is found by looking to the reason large businesses tend to grow larger.
[1] Some have argued that in order for the cultural selection theory to stand strong against objections, conclusive and explicit case studies are required.
This research study provided empirical evidence to support and strengthen the cultural selection theory.