An investigation of the relationship between innovation and cultural diversity

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-67

  Kandler, Anne ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformity; Cultural diversity; Cultural transmission; Innovation; Invention; Reaction diffusion model

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION; INNOVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; KINETICS; LANGUAGE; MASS COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 66049100206     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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