Cultural evolution in laboratory microsocieties including traditions of rule giving and rule following

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 305-326

  Baum, William M ^a,b   Richerson, Peter J ^a   Efferson, Charles M ^a   Paciotti, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Evolutionary psychology; Experiments; Outcomes; Reinforcement; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144287310     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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