Evolution of cultural communication systems: The coevolution of cultural signals and genes encoding learning preferences

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1084-1095

  Lachlan, R F ^a,b,d   Feldman, M W ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Communication; Cultural evolution; Gene culture coevolution; Learning

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EVOLUTION; GENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0242543069     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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