Culture without copying or selection
Typical examples of cultural phenomena all exhibit a degree of similarity across time and space at the level of the population. As such, a fundamental question for any science of culture is, what ensures this stability in the first place? Here we focus on the evolutionary and stabilising role of ‘co...
Main Authors: | Alberto Acerbi, Mathieu Charbonneau, Helena Miton, Thom Scott-Phillips |
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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/S2513843X21000475/type/journal_article |
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