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Theory and Observation in Cultural Transmission
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Cultural phenomena may show considerable stability over time and space. Transmission mechanisms responsible for their maintenance are worthy of theoretical and empirical inquiry; they are complex and each possible pathway has different effects on evolutionary stability of traits, as can be shown theoretically. A survey designed to evaluate the importance of some components of cultural transmission on a variety of traits showed that religion and politics are mostly determined in the family, a mode of transmission which guarantees high evolutionary stability and maintenance of high variation between and within groups.
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- Authors
- Cavalli-Sforza, L. L., Feldman, M. W., Chen, K. H., & Dornbusch, S. M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1982-10
- Volume
- 218
- Issue
- 4567
- Pages
- 19-27
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2078490793
- Cited by
- 469
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 370.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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