Prestige and content biases together shape the cultural transmission of narratives
Cultural transmission biases such as prestige are thought to have been a primary driver in shaping the dynamics of human cultural evolution. However, few empirical studies have measured the importance of prestige relative to other effects, such as content biases present within the information being...
Main Authors: | Richard E.W. Berl, Alarna N. Samarasinghe, Seán G. Roberts, Fiona M. Jordan, Michael C. Gavin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2021-01-01
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Series: | Evolutionary Human Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X21000372/type/journal_article |
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