Coevolution of adaptive technology, maladaptive culture and population size in a producer-scrounger game

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1674, 2009, Pages 3853-3862

  Lehmann, Laurent ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cyclic dynamics; Individual and social learning; Maladaptation; Producer scrounger game; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROSPECTION; MALADJUSTMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GAME; LEARNING; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POPULATION DENSITY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70449728140     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0724     Document Type: Article

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