Is horizontal transmission really a problem for phylogenetic comparative methods? A simulation study using continuous cultural traits

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1559, 2010, Pages 3903-3912

  Currie, Thomas E ^a,b   Greenhill, Simon J ^c   MacE, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ancestral state; Cultural evolution; Cultural phylogenetics; Galton's problem; Horizontal transmission; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL TRADITION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 78650318929     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0014     Document Type: Article

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