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. 2014 Jun;37(3):276-7.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1300304X.

Replicators, lineages, and interactors

Daniel J Taylor  1 , Joanna J Bryson  1
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Replicators, lineages, and interactors

Daniel J Taylor et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

The target article argues that whole groups can act as interactors in an evolutionary process. We believe that Smaldino's discussion would be advanced by a more thorough analysis of the appropriate replicators and lineages for this model. We show that cultural evolution is necessarily a separate process from cultural group selection, and we also illustrate that the two processes may influence each other as demonstrated by an agent-based model of communicating food-processing skills.

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  • Group-level traits emerge.
    Smaldino PE. Smaldino PE. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Jun;37(3):281-95. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x13003531. Behav Brain Sci. 2014. PMID: 25101360

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