A biosocial theoretical framework for the evolution of the human social system
This article examines the evolution of the human social system from a biosocial and systemic perspective. The study integrates gene–culture coevolution, niche construction, and ethodiversity with Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems. The analysis considers the social system as a communicative d...
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cairn-RESS_641_0227RESSRevue européenne des sciences sociales https://shs.cairn.info/journal-europeenne-des-sciences-sociales-2026-1-page-227?lang=en https://doi.org/10.4000/16a78 A biosocial theoretical framework for the evolution of the human social system R. Coca, Juan2026 biosociologiecoévolution gène-cultureéthodiversitéLuhmann (Niklas)théorie des systèmes sociauxbiosociologyethodiversitygene-culture coevolutionLuhmann (Niklas)social systems theoryfre Revue européenne des sciences sociales | 64-1 | 1 | 2026-06-08 | p. 227-248 | 0048-8046 RESS_64130 This article examines the evolution of the human social system from a biosocial and systemic perspective. The study integrates gene–culture coevolution, niche construction, and ethodiversity with Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems. The analysis considers the social system as a communicative domain that reproduces itself through autopoietic operations rather than through individual behavior. Gene–culture coevolution and niche construction provide long-term environmental and biological conditions, yet these conditions only acquire sociological relevance when communication selects them within functionally differentiated subsystems. Ethodiversity is understood as behavioral variation that social systems can stabilize as meaningful expectation structures. The article argues that social evolution emerges when communication restructures codes, boundaries, and institutional niches in response to ecological, cultural and technological change. This biosocial and systemic framework offers a theoretical framework that strengthens sociological explanations of social evolution without reducing them to biological determinism.Cet article analyse l’évolution du système social humain dans une perspective biosociale et systémique. L’étude intègre la coévolution gène-culture, la construction de niche et l’éthodiversité avec la théorie des systèmes sociaux de Niklas Luhmann. Le système social est vu comme un domaine communicationnel qui se reproduit par des opérations autopoïétiques plutôt que par le comportement individuel. La coévolution gène-culture et la construction de niche fournissent des conditions biologiques et environnementales de longue durée, mais ces conditions n’acquièrent une pertinence sociologique que lorsque la communication les sélectionne au sein de sous-systèmes fonctionnellement différenciés. L’éthodiversité est interprétée comme une variation comportementale que les systèmes sociaux peuvent stabiliser sous forme de structures d’attentes. L’article soutient que l’évolution sociale émerge lorsque la communication restructure des codes, des frontières et des niches institutionnelles en réponse aux changements écologiques, culturels et technologiques. Ce modèle biosocial et systémique offre un cadre théorique qui renforce l’explication sociologique de l’évolution sociale sans la réduire à un déterminisme biologique.Cairn restricted access |
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This article examines the evolution of the human social system from a biosocial and systemic perspective. The study integrates gene–culture coevolution, niche construction, and ethodiversity with Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems. The analysis considers the social system as a communicative domain that reproduces itself through autopoietic operations rather than through individual behavior. Gene–culture coevolution and niche construction provide long-term environmental and biological conditions, yet these conditions only acquire sociological relevance when communication selects them within functionally differentiated subsystems. Ethodiversity is understood as behavioral variation that social systems can stabilize as meaningful expectation structures. The article argues that social evolution emerges when communication restructures codes, boundaries, and institutional niches in response to ecological, cultural and technological change. This biosocial and systemic framework offers a theoretical framework that strengthens sociological explanations of social evolution without reducing them to biological determinism. |
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