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Evolution of Cultural Traits Occurs at Similar Relative Rates in Different World Regions [PDF]

, 2014
A fundamental issue in understanding human diversity is whether or not there are regular patterns and processes involved in cultural change. Theoretical and mathematical models of cultural evolution have been developed and are increasingly being used and
Currie, TE, Mace, R
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Digital Exhibitionism: The Age of Exposure

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2010
Web 2.0 has expanded the possibilities of digital creative production by individuals and enabled the digitalisation of private life experiences. This study analyses how social media contributes to the making of personal biographies and discusses the ...
Ana María Munar
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The role of Ammar ibn Yasser in the social and cultural changes of early Islam [PDF]

پژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2016
Ammār ibn Yāsir  was one of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), who during the time of the secretly invitation converted to Islam. Yasir's family also became Muslims. When Polytheists of Mecca knew of the conversion of Yasir's family to Islam, torture 
اصغر منتظرالقائم
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Homophily, Cultural Drift and the Co-Evolution of Cultural Groups [PDF]

, 2006
In studies of cultural differentiation, the joint mechanisms of homophily and influence have been able to explain how distinct cultural groups can form.
Centola, Damon, Eguiluz, Victor M., Gonzalez-Avella, Juan Carlos, Miguel, Maxi San   +3 more
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Culture Change and Affectionate Communication in China and the United States: Evidence From Google Digitized Books 1960–2008

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Humans are born with the ability and the need for affection, but communicating affection as a social behavior is historically bound. Based on the digitized books of Google Ngram Viewer from 1960 through 2008, the present research investigated ...
Michael Shengtao Wu, Boyuan Li, Liangliang Zhu, Chan Zhou   +3 more
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Changing the culture of culturing

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Graphical Abstract.
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Social Learning Strategies and Cooperative Behaviour: Evidence of Payoff Bias, but Not Prestige or Conformity, in a Social Dilemma Game

Games, 2021
Human cooperation, occurring without reciprocation and between unrelated individuals in large populations, represents an evolutionary puzzle. One potential explanation is that cooperative behaviour may be transmitted between individuals via social ...
Robin Watson, Thomas J. H. Morgan, Rachel L. Kendal, Julie Van de Vyver, Jeremy Kendal   +4 more
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Cultural Change [PDF]

, 1999
Götz, Klaus, Löwe, Monika, Schuh, Sebastian, Szautner, Martina   +3 more
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The challenges of change:Exploring the dynamics of police reform in Scotland [PDF]

, 2019
Despite a long tradition of pessimism regarding the scope for meaningful change in police practices, recent structural reforms to police organizations in several European countries suggest that significant change in policing is possible.
Donnelly D, Fyfe NR, Fyfe NR, Fyfe NR, Fyfe NR, Fyfe NR, Fyfe NR, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS), Loader I, Marshall C, Murray K, Nicholas R. Fyfe, Police Scotland, Savage S, Scottish Government, Scottish Government, Scottish Police Authority, Scottish Police Authority, Scottish Police Authority, SIPR, Scotcen and What Works Scotland, SIPR, Scotcen and What Works Scotland, SIPR, What Works Scotland and Scotcen, SIPR, What Works Scotland and Scotcen, SIPR, What Works Scotland and Scotcen, Sparrow M, Terpstra J   +25 more
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Monpa, memory, and change: an ethnobotanical study of plant use in Mêdog County, South-east Tibet, China

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020
Background Due to their relative isolation, the previous studies of Monpa plant use were only conducted in north-east India. In October 2013, Mêdog County was no longer remote, thanks to completion of a highway into the county.
Shan Li, Yu Zhang, Yongjie Guo, Lixin Yang, Yuhua Wang   +4 more
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