Cultural evolution [electronic resource] / Marc Feldman.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Human population genetics I : evolution and variation: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (38 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Genetics, PopulationOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Culture definition -- Analogies between genes and culture -- An example of cultural mutation -- Vertical cultural transmission -- Case studies -- Selection with vertical transmission -- The "Kuru" model -- Transmission in models with three semes -- Oblique transmission -- Horizontal transmission -- Rates of change -- Cultural niche construction in vertical transmission rates -- Constraints on cultural variation -- Culture and its effect on genes -- Quantification of genetic and cultural spread.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.