Drift as a mechanism for cultural change: An example from baby names

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Hahn, Matthew W ^a   Bentley, R Alexander ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Cultural transmission; Power laws; Random genetic drift

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0041529508     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0045     Document Type: Article

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