Conditions under which faithful cultural transmission through teaching promotes cumulative cultural evolution

Abstract It has been argued that teaching promotes the accurate transmission of cultural traits and eventually leads to cumulative cultural evolution (CCE). However, previous studies have questioned this argument. In this study, we modified the action sequences model into a network exploring model w...

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Main Authors: Seiya Nakata, Masanori Takezawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47018-7