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Cumulative Cultural Evolution within Evolving Population Structures

Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020-08, Vol.24 (8), p.654-667 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ;Attribution - NonCommercial ;ISSN: 1364-6613 ;EISSN: 1879-307X ;DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.04.005 ;PMID: 32466991

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  • Title:
    Cumulative Cultural Evolution within Evolving Population Structures
  • Author: Derex, Maxime ; Mesoudi, Alex
  • Subjects: Archaeology and Prehistory ; Cognitive science ; Cultural Evolution ; Humanities and Social Sciences ; Humans ; Knowledge ; Models, Theoretical ; Psychology ; Social Anthropology and ethnology ; Social Networking
  • Is Part Of: Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020-08, Vol.24 (8), p.654-667
  • Description: Our species has the peculiar ability to accumulate cultural innovations over multiple generations, a phenomenon termed 'cumulative cultural evolution' (CCE). Recent years have seen a proliferation of empirical and theoretical work exploring the interplay between demography and CCE. This has generated intense discussion about whether demographic models can help explain historical patterns of cultural changes. Here, we synthesize empirical and theoretical studies from multiple fields to highlight how both population size and structure can shape the pool of cultural information that individuals can build upon to innovate, present the potential pathways through which humans' unique social structure might promote CCE, and discuss whether humans' social networks might partly result from selection pressures linked to our extensive reliance on culturally accumulated knowledge.
  • Publisher: England: Elsevier
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1364-6613
    EISSN: 1879-307X
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.04.005
    PMID: 32466991
  • Source: HAL SHS: Archive ouverte en Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (Open Access)
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