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Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies. [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Efferson C, Richerson PJ, Weinberger VP.
europepmc   +1 more source

The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Comput Biol
Miu E   +12 more
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Cultural evolution in the science of culture and cultural evolution

Physics of Life Reviews, 2023
My critical review [1] elicited a welcome diversity of perspectives across the 12 commentaries now published [2-13]. In total 28 co-authors were inspired to contribute. In addition to engaging with the critical perspectives of my review, several of the commentaries take the debates and discussions into insightful and potentially important supplementary
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Multilevel Cultural Evolution: From New Theory to Practical Applications [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023
Rita R. Colwell   +2 more
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The evolution of cultural evolution

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 2003
AbstractHumans are unique in their range of environments and in the nature and diversity of their behavioral adaptations. While a variety of local genetic adaptations exist within our species, it seems certain that the same basic genetic endowment produces arctic foraging, tropical horticulture, and desert pastoralism, a constellation that represents a
Henrich, J.   +1 more
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Cultural evolution: Conserved patterns of melodic evolution across musical cultures

Current Biology, 2022
A new study finds that melodies evolve in similar ways, reminiscent of genetic evolution, across cultures. Patterns of change in music and other aesthetic domains may be the key to understanding how culture evolves when unfettered by physical or ecological constraints.
Hoeschele, Marisa, Fitch, W. Tecumseh
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