Cultural Transmission and Evolution (MPB-16), Volume 16 A Quantitative Approach. (MPB-16)

Cultural Transmission and Evolution (MPB-16), Volume 16 A Quantitative Approach. (MPB-16) /

A number of scholars have found that concepts such as mutation, selection, and random drift, which emerged from the theory of biological evolution, may also explain evolutionary phenomena in other disciplines as well. Drawing on these concepts, Professors Cavalli-Sforza and Feldman classify and syst...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018, Feldman, Marcus W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1981.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social evolution > Mathematical models.
Social evolution > Mathematical models
Darwinian fitness.
adaptiveness.
adoptive parents.
awareness.
between population variation.
biparental transmission.
castes.
class, social.
cultural migration.
directional cultural selection.
drift.
epidemics.
fixation.
foster parents.
groups, variation between.
hierarchies.
innovation.
kuru.
language.
logistic.
migration.
mutation.
parental contributions.
reductionism.
social classes.
stratification.
transmission.
uniparental transmission.
vertical transmission.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)

System Under Maintenance

Our Library Management System is currently under maintenance.

Holdings and item availability information is currently unavailable. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause and contact us for further assistance:

devops@indexdata.com

Internet

Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)

Similar Items