The effect of cultural interaction on cumulative cultural evolution

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 352, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-15

  Nakahashi, Wataru ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumulative culture; Exploratory individual learning; Explosion of culture; Gene culture coevolution; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEARNING; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXPLORATORY INDIVIDUAL LEARNING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84896339140     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.02.032     Document Type: Article

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