Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A Quantitative Approach. (Mpb-16)

by Marcus W. Feldman and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Book Overview

A number of scholars have found that concepts such as mutation, selection, and random drift, which emerged from the theory of biological evolution, may also explain evolutionary phenomena in other disciplines as well. Drawing on these concepts, Professors Cavalli-Sforza and Feldman classify and systematize the various modes of transmitting "culture" and explore their consequences for cultural evolution. In the process, they develop a mathematical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691082839
• ISBN13: 9780691082837
• Release Date: May 1981
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.5"