On the number of independent cultural traits carried by individuals and populations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1563, 2011, Pages 424-435

  Lehmann, Laurent ^a   Aoki, Kenichi ^b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural traits; Culture accumulation; Individual and social learning; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951834203     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0313     Document Type: Article

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