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This view of culture emphasizes population thinking by focusing on the process by which culture is generated and maintained. It also views culture as a dynamic property of individuals, as opposed to a view of culture as a superorganic entity to which individuals must conform.<ref name="Richerson Boyd Culture is Part of Human Biology">{{cite journalbook |doi=10.14361/9783839400647-005 |chapter=Evolutionary Theory and the Social Sciences Increasingly a Mutual Exchange. Culture is Part of Human Biology. Why the Superorganic Concept Serves the Human Sciences Badly |title=Science Studies |series=Sozialtheorie |date=2001 |last1=Richerson |first1=Peter J. |last2=Boyd |first2=Robert |pages=145–178 |isbn=978-3-933127-64-8 }}</ref> This view's main advantage is that it connects individual-level processes to population-level outcomes.{{sfn|Richerson|Boyd|2008|p=7}}

==Genetic influence on cultural evolution==