Revisiting the Effect of Population Size on Cumulative Cultural Evolution

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 320-336

  Baldini, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural evolution; demography; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941266286     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342153     Document Type: Article

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