Hunter-gatherer inter-band interaction rates: implications for cumulative culture.

Our species exhibits spectacular success due to cumulative culture. While cognitive evolution of social learning mechanisms may be partially responsible for adaptive human culture, features of early human social structure may also play a role by increasing the number potential models from which to l...

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Main Authors: Kim R Hill, Brian M Wood, Jacopo Baggio, A Magdalena Hurtado, Robert T Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4105570?pdf=render