Why teach? The evolutionary origins and ecological consequences of costly information transfer

Sociobiology of Communication: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Riboli Sasco, Livio ^a   Brown, Sam ^b   Taddei, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial plasmid transfers; Cultural evolution; E mail; Education; Niche construction; Public goods; Social learning; Teaching; Web 2.0; Wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216840.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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