Evolutionary aspects that guide the cultural transmission pathways in a local medical system in Northeast Brazil

Most of the studies with a focus on pathways and biases of cultural transmission in different domains show that vertical transmission predominates over horizontal and oblique transmission, especially in traits linked to traditions and survival skills, such as local medicine. However, overestimation...

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Main Authors: Flávia Rosa Santoro, Leonardo S. Chaves, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020309531