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The evolution of conformist transmission and the emergence of between-group differences.

J. Henrich, R. Boyd

1998.7.1EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

DOI: 10.1016/s1090-5138(98)00018-x

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The role of conformism is examined in a more general model in which environments vary in both time and space, indicating that conformist transmission is favored under a very broad range of conditions, broader in fact than therange of conditions that favor a substantial reliance on social learning.

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HENRICH, J.; BOYD, R. The evolution of conformist transmission and the emergence of between-group differences. EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 1998, 19: 215–241.