Accumulation of independent cultural traits.
In a species capable of (imperfect) social learning, how much culture can a population of a given size carry? And what is the relationship between the individual and the population? In the first study of these novel questions, here we develop a mathematical model of the accumulation of independent cultural traits in a finite population with overlapping generations.
Strimling
Pontus
P
Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. pontusstrimling@gmail.com
Sjöstrand
Jonas
J
Enquist
Magnus
M
Eriksson
Kimmo
K
D000483:Alleles; D003469:Culture; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011157:Population Dynamics