When does selection favor learning from the old? Social learning in age-structured populations
When does selection favor learning from the old? Social learning in age-structured populations
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Culture and demography jointly facilitate flexible human adaptation, yet it still remains unclear how social learning operates in populations with age structure. Here, we present a mathematical model of the evolution of social learning in a population with different age classes. We investigate how demographic processes affect the adaptive value of...
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When does selection favor learning from the old? Social learning in age-structured populations
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2650397976
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2650397976
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0267204
