▁group , ▁regardless ▁of ▁environment . ▁As ▁such , ▁investig ating ▁ev oked ▁culture ▁may ▁well ▁rest ▁in ▁the ▁domain ▁of ▁evolution ary ▁psych ology ▁and ▁transm itted ▁culture ▁studied ▁by ▁culture ▁evolution , ▁social ▁psych ology , ▁and ▁other ▁discipl ines . ▁D iffer enti ating ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁is ▁more ▁difficult ▁than ▁it ▁may ▁appear , ▁however . ▁For ▁example , ▁given ▁the ▁level ▁of ▁cross - c ult ural ▁variation ▁in ▁human ▁soci eties , ▁variation ▁between ▁any ▁two ▁cult ures ▁may ▁result ▁from ▁separate ▁histor ies ▁and ▁cultural ▁evolution ary ▁path ways ▁or ▁different ▁ev oked ▁cult ures , ▁based ▁on ▁different ▁local ▁environmental ▁c ues , ▁while ▁uniform ity ▁across ▁cult ures ▁could ▁result ▁from ▁conver gent ▁cultural ▁evolution ▁or ▁similarly ▁function ing ▁psych ological ▁adapt ations ▁( F ess ler ▁et ▁al ., ▁ 2 0 1 5 ). ▁Specifically , ▁if ▁two ▁cult ures ▁exhib it ▁similar ▁behav iors ▁to ▁avoid ▁path og ens , ▁can ▁one ▁differenti ate ▁between ▁either ▁the ▁two ▁groups ▁independently ▁invent ing ▁similar ▁behav iors ▁or ▁the ▁groups ▁displaying ▁the ▁same ▁underlying ▁psych ological ▁adaptation ▁for ▁path ogen ▁avoid ance ? ▁As ▁well , ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁behavior al ▁variation ▁and ▁transm itted ▁culture ▁may ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁point ▁of ▁cont ention ▁between ▁evolution ary ▁psych ology ▁and ▁other ▁discipl ines , ▁especially ▁gene - c ulture ▁co e volution . ▁E volution ary ▁psych ology ▁and ▁human ▁behavior al ▁e col ogy ▁both ▁admit ▁to ▁cultural ▁transmission ▁as