Stochasticity in cultural evolution: a revolution yet to happen
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Stochasticity in cultural evolution: a revolution yet to happen
Over the last 40 years or so, there has been an explosion of cultural evolution research in anthropology and archaeology. In each discipline, cultural evolutionists investigate how interactions between individuals translate into group level patterns, with the aim of explaining the diachronic dynamics and diversity of cultural traits. However, while much attention has been given to deterministic...
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عنوان ژورنال: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0391-9714,1742-6316
DOI: 10.1007/s40656-017-0173-y