Cumulative cultural evolution: The role of teaching

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-83

  Castro, Laureano ^a   Toro, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessor; Imitation; Innovation; Social learning strategies

Indexed keywords

IMITATION; INNOVATION; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

ACCURACY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; IMITATION; LEARNING THEORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; TEACHING;

PRIMATES;

ASSESSOR; IMITATION; INNOVATION; SOCIAL LEARNING STRATEGIES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIMATES; TEACHING;

EID: 84896721025     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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