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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 conseuences for cultural evolution In the process they develop a mat
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Transmission in conjunction with cultural and natural selection produce various rates of cultural evolution and various degrees of diversity within and between groups The same framework can be used for explaining phenomena as apparently unrelated as linguistics epidemics social values and customs and diffusion of innovations The authors conclude that cultural transmission is an essential factor in the study of cultural change
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Hematical theory of the non genetic transmission of cultural traits that provides a framework for future investigations in uantitative social and anthropological scienceThe authors use uantitative models that incorporate the various modes of transmission for example parent child peer peer and teacher student and evaluate data from sociology archaeology and epidemiology in terms of the models They show that the various modes of