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- – genes are inherited with very high fidelity, whereas cultural traits are often transformed and reconstructed as they are passed from person to person. – genetic mutation is undirected, whereas cultural innovation is often directed towards specific goals.
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Here, we review the core concepts in cultural evolutionary theory as they pertain to the extension of biology through culture, focusing on cultural evolutionary applications in population genetics, ecology, and demography.
Many of the first quantita-tive models of cultural evolution were modified from existing con-cepts in theoretical population genetics because cultural evolution has many parallels with, as well as clear differences from, genetic evolution.
The core idea of cultural evolution is that cultural change constitutes an evolutionary process that shares fundamental similarities with – but also differs in key ways from – genetic evolution. Humans and other cultural species are the joint product of both our genetic and cultural inheritances.
Apr 22, 2015 · Cultural evolution is the theory that this socially transmitted information evolves in the manner laid out by Darwin in The Origin of Species, i.e. it comprises a system of variation, differential fitness and inheritance.
- Alex Mesoudi, Alex Mesoudi
- a.mesoudi@exeter.ac.uk
- 2016
May 17, 2021 · Another interesting and increasingly recognized difference of transmission in biological and cultural evolution is that genetic traits are supplied all at once, without the participation of the new individual.
- Marco Smolla, Fredrik Jansson, Fredrik Jansson, Laurent Lehmann, Wybo Houkes, Franz J Weissing, Fran...
- 2021
Theoretical, anthropological and genetic studies suggest that human evolution has been shaped by gene–culture interactions. This Review collates data from these diverse fields, and...
May 17, 2021 · What makes fast, cumulative cultural evolution work? Where did it come from? Why is it the sole preserve of humans? We set out a self-assembly hypothesis: cultural evolution evolved culturally. We present an evolutionary account that shows this hypothesis to be coherent, plausible, and worthy of further investigation.
