The cultural evolution of adaptive-trait diversity when resources are uncertain and finite

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages

  Lake, Mark W ^a   Crema, Enrico R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Cultural diversity; Cultural transmission; Innovation; Subsistence strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858229518     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525911003323     Document Type: Article

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