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Replicators, lineages, and interactors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Daniel J. Taylor  and
Joanna J. Bryson
Daniel J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. [email protected]@cs.bath.ac.ukhttp://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jjb
Joanna J. Bryson
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. [email protected]@cs.bath.ac.ukhttp://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jjb
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Abstract

The target article argues that whole groups can act as interactors in an evolutionary process. We believe that Smaldino's discussion would be advanced by a more thorough analysis of the appropriate replicators and lineages for this model. We show that cultural evolution is necessarily a separate process from cultural group selection, and we also illustrate that the two processes may influence each other as demonstrated by an agent-based model of communicating food-processing skills.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 276 - 277
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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