Introduction. Cultural transmission and the evolution of human behaviour

Introduction. Cultural transmission and the evolution of human behaviour

The articles in this theme issue seek to understand the evolutionary bases of social learning and the consequences of cultural transmission for the evolution of human behaviour. In this introductory article, we provide a summary of these articles (seven articles on the experimental exploration of cu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2008-11, Vol.363 (1509), p.3469-3476
Hauptverfasser: Smith, Kenny, Kalish, Michael L, Griffiths, Thomas L, Lewandowsky, Stephan
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biological Evolution
Cultural Evolution
Cultural Transmission
Diffusion Chain
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Evolution
Humans
Learning - physiology
Models, Biological
Social Behavior
Social Learning
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Zusammenfassung:The articles in this theme issue seek to understand the evolutionary bases of social learning and the consequences of cultural transmission for the evolution of human behaviour. In this introductory article, we provide a summary of these articles (seven articles on the experimental exploration of cultural transmission and three articles on the role of gene-culture coevolution in shaping human behaviour) and a personal view of some promising lines of development suggested by the work summarized here.
ISSN:0962-8436
1471-2970
DOI:10.1098/rstb.2008.0147