Two success-biased social learning strategies

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-49

  Baldini, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Human behavior; Social learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84877036561     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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