Cultural evolutionism is an anthropological perspective seeking to describe and explain long-term changes in human ways of life. To do this it draws on all branches of general anthropology--biological, cultural, archaeological, and linguistic. Most cultural evolutionists are university professors or museum curators. On this website you can explore the ideas of five Founding Figures, familiarize yourself with four Recent Theories (including my own efforts, discussed under Political Evolution), or learn how one cultural evolutionist looks at four key Ongoing Processes. To learn more, consult the "References Cited" after each section, and consider academic coursework in the social sciences--especially Anthropology and Sociology.