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Individual-Based Models of Cultural Evolution shows readers how to create individual-based models of cultural evolution using the programming language R. The field of cultural evolution has emerged in the last few decades as a thriving, interdisciplinary effort to understand cultural change and cultural diversity within an evolutionary framework and using evolutionary tools, concepts, and methods.
Given its roots in evolutionary biology, much of cultural evolution is grounded in, or inspired by, formal models. Yet many researchers interested in cultural evolution come from backgrounds that lack training in formal modelling, such as psychology, anthropology or archaeology. This book addresses that gap. It provides example code in R for readers to run their own models, moving from very simple models of the basic processes of cultural evolution, such as biased transmission and cultural mutation, to more advanced topics such as the evolution of social learning, demographic effects, and social network analysis.
Features of this book:
Recreates existing models in the literature to show how these were created and to enable readers to have a better understanding of their significance and how to apply them to their own research questions
Provides full R code to realize models and analyse and plot outputs, with line-by-line analysis
Requires no previous knowledge of the field of cultural evolution, and only very basic programming knowledge
This is an essential resource for researchers and students interested in cultural evolution, including disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, archaeology, and biology as well as sociology and digital humanities.
Contents
Introduction Section I. Basics 1. Unbiased Transmission 2. Unbiased and Biased Mutation 3. Biased Transmission: Direct Bias 4. Biased Transmission: Frequency-dependent Indirect Bias 5. Biased Transmission: Demonstrator-based Indirect Bias 6. Vertical and Horizontal Transmission 7. Multiple Traits Models; Section II. Advanced Topics: The Evolution of Cultural Evolution 8. Rogers' Paradox 9. Rogers' Paradox: A Solution; Section III. Advanced Topics: Cultural Inheritance 10. Reproduction and Transformation 11. Social learning of Social Learning Rules 12. Traits Inter-dependence; Section IV. Advanced Topics: Culture and Populations 13. Demography 14. Social Network Structure 15. Group Structured Populations and Migration References Index
