Do the aged and knowledgeable men enjoy more prestige? A test of predictions from the prestige-bias model of cultural transmission

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-281

  Reyes Garcia, Victoria ^a,b   Molina, Jose Luis ^c   Broesch, James ^d   Calvet, Laura ^a   Huanca, Tomas ^e   Saus, Judith ^c   Tanner, Susan ^f   Leonard, William R ^g   McDade, Thomas W ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CBIDSI Centro Boliviano de Investigacion y de Desarrollo Socio Integral   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Ethnomedicinal plant knowledge; Prestige bias cultural transmission; Tsimane'

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649158286     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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