Random copying, frequency-dependent copying and culture change

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Mesoudi, Alex ^a,b   Lycett, Stephen J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformity; Cultural evolution; Cultural transmission; Frequency dependent copying; Neutral drift; Power law; Random copying

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949098266     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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