Cumulative Cultural Evolution within Evolving Population Structures - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Trends in Cognitive Sciences Année : 2020

Cumulative Cultural Evolution within Evolving Population Structures

Résumé

Our species has the peculiar ability to accumulate cultural innovations over multiple generations, a phenomenon termed 'cumulative cultural evolution' (CCE). Recent years have seen a proliferation of empirical and theoretical work exploring the inter-play between demography and CCE. This has generated intense discussion about whether demographic models can help explain historical patterns of cultural changes. Here, we synthesize empirical and theoretical studies from multiple fields to highlight how both population size and structure can shape the pool of cultural information that individuals can build upon to innovate, present the potential path-ways through which humans' unique social structure might promote CCE, and dis-cuss whether humans' social networks might partly result from selection pressures linked to our extensive reliance on culturally accumulated knowledge.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
S1364661320301078.pdf (415.67 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)

Dates et versions

hal-03095175 , version 1 (18-07-2022)

Licence

Identifiants

Citer

Maxime Derex, Alex Mesoudi. Cumulative Cultural Evolution within Evolving Population Structures. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2020, 24 (8), pp.654-667. ⟨10.1016/j.tics.2020.04.005⟩. ⟨hal-03095175⟩
199 Consultations
133 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Mastodon Facebook X LinkedIn More