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Individual-based models of cultural evolution

A step-by-step guide using R

This repository contains the code to generate, using bookdown, the book:

Individual-based models of cultural evolution. A step-by-step guide using R

by

Alberto Acerbi, Alex Mesoudi, and Marco Smolla

The published version on the book is hosted at https://acerbialberto.com/IBM-cultevo/, and a physical copy is published by Routledge. You can purchase it here, and in all the usual places.

If you would like to cite the book, you can use this reference:

Acerbi Alberto, Mesoudi Alex, and Smolla Marco (2022) Individual-based models of cultural evolution. A step-by-step guide using R. London, Routledge.

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Table of content

Introduction

Basics

  • Unbiased transmission

  • Unbiased and biased mutation

  • Biased transmission: direct bias

  • Biased transmission: frequency-dependent indirect bias

  • Biased transmission: demonstrator-based indirect bias

  • Vertical and horizontal transmission

  • Multiple traits models

Advanced topics - The evolution of cultural evolution

  • Rogers’ Paradox

  • Rogers’ Paradox: A Solution

Advanced topics - Cultural inheritance

  • Reproduction and transformation

  • Social learning of social learning rules

  • Traits inter-dependence

Advanced topics - Culture and populations

  • Demography

  • Social network structure

  • Group structured populations and migration

References