An experimental test of the accumulated copying error model of cultural mutation for Acheulean handaxe size.

Archaeologists interested in explaining changes in artifact morphology over long time periods have found it useful to create models in which the only source of change is random and unintentional copying error, or 'cultural mutation'. These models can be used as null hypotheses against whic...

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Main Authors: Marius Kempe, Stephen Lycett, Alex Mesoudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3493552?pdf=render