What is cultural evolution anyway?
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چکیده
Abstract The term cultural evolution has become popular in the evolutionary human sciences, but it is often unclear what meant by it. This generating confusion and misconceptions that are hindering progress field. These include claim behavioral ecology disregards culture. We argue these misunderstandings caused unhelpful use of to identify both a phenomenon—culture changing through time—and theory explain it—the potential role transmission biases driving this change. illustrate point considering recently published influential studies opinion pieces. If we avoid confusion, best reserved phenomenon helps clarify ecologists do not disregard culture, instead have studied its from very beginning. Different approaches study behavior can coexist complement each other framework offered Tinbergen’s four questions. Clarifying key terms crucial achieve synthesis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1465-7279', '1045-2249']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac011