Modelling the evolution and diversity of cumulative culture

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1563, 2011, Pages 412-423

  Enquist, Magnus ^a   Ghirlanda, Stefano ^a,b   Eriksson, Kimmo ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Cultural evolution; Cultural systems; Cumulative culture; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79951834833     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0132     Document Type: Article

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