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The cultural evolution of cultural evolution. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2021 What makes fast, cumulative cultural evolution work? Where did it come from? Why is it the sole preserve of humans? We set out a self-assembly hypothesis: cultural evolution evolved culturally. We present an evolutionary account that shows this hypothesis to be coherent, plausible, and worthy of further investigation. It has the following steps: (0) in
Birch J, Heyes C.
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Multilevel cultural evolution: From new theory to practical applications. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Evolutionary science has led to many practical applications of genetic evolution but few practical uses of cultural evolution. This is because the entire study of evolution was gene centric for most of the 20th century, relegating the study and ...
Wilson DS +5 more
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Evidence for cumulative cultural evolution in bird song. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022 In studies of cumulative cultural evolution in non-human animals, the focus is most often on incremental changes that increase the efficacy of an existing form of socially learned behaviour, such as the refinement of migratory pathways. In this paper, we
Williams H, Lachlan RF.
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Social Forces, 2018 Cultural traits are those phenotypic traits whose development depends on social learning. These include practices, skills, beliefs, desires, values, and artefacts. The distribution of cultural traits in the human species changes over time. But this is not enough to show that culture evolves. That depends on the mechanisms of change.
Matteo Mameli, Kim Sterelny
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Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science, 2021 Rad ne sadrži sažetak.
Azita Chellappoo
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Cultural evolution of emotional expression in 50 years of song lyrics
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2019 Popular music offers a rich source of data that provides insights into long-term cultural evolutionary dynamics. One major trend in popular music, as well as other cultural products such as literary fiction, is an increase over time in negatively ...
Charlotte O. Brand +2 more
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Underappreciated features of cultural evolution. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2021 Smolla M +8 more
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Peer learning and cultural evolution
Child Development Perspectives, 2023 In this article, we integrate cultural evolutionary theory with empirical research from developmental psychology, cultural anthropology, and primatology to explore the role of peer learning in the development of complex instrumental skills and behavioral
Sheina Lew‐Levy +10 more
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Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) expressions Technology Type(s) data aggregation Factor Type(s) none Sample Characteristic - Organism human language Sample Characteristic - Location global ...
Johann-Mattis List +5 more
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Understanding hunter-gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 Hunter-gatherers past and present live in complex societies, and the structure of these can be assessed using social networks. We outline how the integration of new evidence from cultural evolution experiments, computer simulations, ethnography, and ...
Javier Fernández-López de Pablo +8 more
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