Cumulative cultural dynamics and the coevolution of cultural innovation and transmission: An ESS model for panmictic and structured populations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2356-2369

  Lehmann, L ^a   Feldman, M W ^b   Kaeuffer, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural accumulation; Cultural transmission; Individual and social learning; Innovation; Kin selection; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; INNOVATION; KIN SELECTION; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; GAME; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77958545960     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02096.x     Document Type: Article

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