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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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The cultural evolution and ecology of institutions. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2021 Human societies are structured by what we refer to as ‘institutions’, which are socially created and culturally inherited proscriptions on behaviour that define roles and set expectations about social interactions.
Currie TE +6 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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Scientific Reports, 2023 Despite playing a pivotal role in the inception of animal culture studies, macaque social learning is surprisingly understudied. Social learning is important to survival and influenced by dominance and affiliation in social animals. Individuals generally
Ivan Garcia-Nisa +2 more
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The uses and abuses of tree thinking in cultural evolution
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2021 Modern phylogenetic methods are increasingly being used to address questions about macro-level patterns in cultural evolution. These methods can illuminate the unobservable histories of cultural traits and identify the evolutionary drivers of trait ...
Cara L. Evans +6 more
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The role of population size in folk tune complexity
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 Demography, particularly population size, plays a key role in cultural complexity. However, the relationship between population size and complexity appears to vary across domains: while studies of technology typically find a positive correlation, the ...
Sally E. Street +2 more
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When does cultural evolution become cumulative culture? A case study of humpback whale song
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2021 Culture presents a second inheritance system by which innovations can be transmitted between generations and among individuals. Some vocal behaviours present compelling examples of cultural evolution.
Ellen C. Garland, C. Garrigue, M. Noad
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Mechanisms of Cultural Evolution in the Songs of Wild Bird Populations
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Young songbirds draw the source material for their learned songs from parents, peers, and unrelated adults, as well as from innovation. These learned songs are used for intraspecific communication, and have well-documented roles for such functions as ...
H. Williams
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When do people prefer dominant over prestigious political leaders?
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2021 Previous research has sought to explain the rise of right-wing populist leaders in terms of the evolutionary framework of dominance and prestige. In this framework, dominance is defined as high social rank acquired via coercion and fear, and prestige is ...
Ángel V. Jiménez +2 more
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Open Research Europe, 2023 Language comparison requires user-friendly tools that facilitate the standardization of linguistic data. We present two resources built on the basis of a standardized cross-linguistic format and show how the data is curated and extended.
Robert Forkel +2 more
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