Analogy as a Catalyst for Cumulative Cultural Evolution
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.03.002
Abstract: Analogies, broadly defined, map novel concepts onto familiar concepts, making them essential for perception, reasoning, and communication. We argue that analogy-building served a critical role in the evolution of cumulative culture by allowing humans to… read more here.
Keywords: analogy catalyst; catalyst cumulative; evolution; cultural evolution ... See more keywords
Taking into account the wider evolutionary context of cumulative cultural evolution
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x20000254
Abstract: Abstract The target article reviews evidence showing that technological reasoning is crucial to cumulative technological culture but it fails to discuss the implications for the emergence of cumulative cultural evolution (CCE) in general. The target… read more here.
Keywords: cultural evolution; account wider; cumulative cultural; wider evolutionary ... See more keywords
Leveling the playing field in studying cumulative cultural evolution: Conceptual and methodological advances in nonhuman animal research.
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DOI: 10.1037/xan0000303
Abstract: Cumulative cultural evolution (CCE), the improvement of cultural traits over generations via social transmission, is widely believed to be unique to humans. The capacity to build upon others' knowledge, technologies, and skills has produced the… read more here.
Keywords: cce; field; conceptual methodological; cultural evolution ... See more keywords
When does cultural evolution become cumulative culture? A case study of humpback whale song
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0313
Abstract: Culture presents a second inheritance system by which innovations can be transmitted between generations and among individuals. Some vocal behaviours present compelling examples of cultural evolution. Where modifications accumulate over time, such a process can… read more here.
Keywords: culture; humpback whale; cultural evolution; cumulative cultural ... See more keywords
Evidence for cumulative cultural evolution in bird song
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0322
Abstract: In studies of cumulative cultural evolution in non-human animals, the focus is most often on incremental changes that increase the efficacy of an existing form of socially learned behaviour, such as the refinement of migratory… read more here.
Keywords: evolution bird; bird song; cultural evolution; cumulative cultural ... See more keywords