Neoevolutionism

{{short description|Long-term directional social change}}

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Neoevolutionism as a social theory attempts to explain the evolution of societies by drawing on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution while discarding some dogmas of the previous theories of social evolutionism. Neoevolutionism is concerned with long-term,{{cite encyclopedia|title = Neoevolutionism|encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Britannica|date = March 23, 2016|publisher =Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. |url = https://www.britannica.com/topic/neoevolutionism|quote = Neoevolutionism, school of anthropology concerned with long-term culture change and with the similar patterns of development that may be seen in unrelated, widely separated cultures.}} evolutionary social change and with the regular patterns of development that may be seen in unrelated, widely separated cultures.{{cite web|url= https://www.britannica.com/topic/neoevolutionism|title= neoevolutionism - anthropology|publisher= Britannica.com|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}