Publication: Not by transmission alone: the role of invention in cultural evolution

May 17, 2021 Research

"Not by transmission alone: the role of invention in cultural evolution": a paper written by Sabine Noebel and her co-authors accepted in a special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The topic of the special issue is "Foundations of cultural evolution“.

Abstract: "Innovation—the combination of invention and social learning—can empower species to invade new niches via cultural adaptation. Social learning has typically been regarded as the fundamental driver for the emergence of traditions and thus culture."...

Link to the website's editor: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0049

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