Social learning and the replication process: An experimental investigation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1808, 2015, Pages

  Derex, Maxime ^a   Feron, Romain ^b   Godelle, Bernard ^b   Raymond, Michel ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Cumulative culture; Innovation; Roger s paradox; Social learning

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929995010     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0719     Document Type: Article

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