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Increasing population size can inhibit cumulative cultural evolution

The extent to which larger populations enhance cumulative cultural evolution (CCE) is contentious. We report a large-scale experiment (n = 543) that investigates the CCE of technology (paper planes and their flight distances) using a transmission-chain design. Population size was manipulated such th...

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Autores principales: Fay, Nicolas, De Kleine, Naomi, Walker, Bradley, Caldwell, Christine A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30872484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811413116