cumulative cultural evolution and demography累积的文化进化和人口统计学.pdfVIP

Cumulative Cultural Evolution and Demography Krist Vaesen* School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Abstract The idea that demographic change may spur or slow down technological change has become widely accepted among evolutionary archaeologists and anthropologists. Two models have been particularly influential in promoting this idea: a mathematical model by Joseph Henrich, developed to explain the Tasmanian loss of culture during the Holocene; and an agent-based adaptation thereof, devised