Conformity and content-biased cultural transmission in the evolution of altruism.

doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2021.10.004

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Conformity and content-biased cultural transmission in the evolution of altruism.

Theoretical population biology - 1 Feb 2022

Denton Kaleda K, Ram Yoav, Feldman Marcus W

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The evolution of altruism has been extensively modeled under the assumption of genetic transmission, whereas the dynamics under cultural transmission are less well understood. Previous research has shown that cultural transmission can facilitate the evolution of altruism by increasing (1) the probability of adopting the altruistic phenotype, and (2) assortment between altruists. We incorporate vertical and...

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Altruism
Biological Evolution
Cultural Evolution
Humans
Phenotype
Social Behavior

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PMID: 34793823
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2021.10.004

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