The evolutionary ecology of technological innovations

Complexity

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 15-27

  Solée, Ricard V ^a,b,c   Valverde, Sergi ^a,b   Casals, Marti Rosas ^a,d   Kauffman, Stuart A ^c   Farmer, Doyne ^c   Eldredge, Niles ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Culturomics; Evolution; Information technology; Technology; Tinkering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875523082     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.21436     Document Type: Article

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