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Gene-culture coevolutionary theory

Year: 1996

Type: review

Abstract: Gene-culture coevolutionary theory is a branch of theoretical population genetics that models the transmission of genes and cultural traits from one generation to the next, exploring how they interact. These models have been employed to examine the adaptive advantages of learning and culture, to investigate the forces of cultural change, to partition the variance in complex human behavioral and personality traits, and to address specific cases in human evolution in which there is an interaction between genes and culture.

Source: Trends in Ecology & Evolution

DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10052-5

Authors: Marc W. Feldman, Kevin N. Laland

Institutions: Stanford University, University of Cambridge

Language: English

Topic: Language and cultural evolution

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $7,030

OpenAlex ID: W2111828797

FWCI: 35.33

Cites: 66

Cited by: 383

Related to: 10