2024·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Cultural evolution: Where we have been and where we are going (maybe)
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Abstract
The study of cultural evolution using ideas from population biology began about 50 y ago, with the work of L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, Marcus Feldman, and ourselves. It has grown from this small beginning into a vital field with many publications and its own scientific society. In this essay, we give our perspective on the origins of the field and current unanswered questions. Keywords: cultural evolution, cooperation, macroevolution
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