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Posted by ClaesA on 08 May 2017 at 08:37 GMT
I agree entirely about the importance of realizing that cultural evolution has a capacity of innovating new rules of innovation, and very much liked your paper.
I would, however, like to point you to some recent and some not as recent (but apparently hard to find) papers of mine that do introduce and develop mathematical theory (and simulation models) that ascribe jumps in cultural complexity precisely to innovations (genetic or cultural) in transmission efficiency:
Andersson, C., & Törnberg, P. (2016). Fidelity and the Speed of the Treadmill - The Combined Impact of Population Size, Transmission Fidelity and Selection on Cultural Complexity. American Antiquity, 81(3).
Andersson, C. (2011). Palaeolithic punctuations and equilibria: did retention rather than invention limit technological evolution? PalaeoAnthropology, 243–259.
RE: Quasi species
okolodny replied to ClaesA on 08 May 2017 at 20:41 GMT
Hello,
I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I didn't encounter either of these highly relevant studies previously, even though I was aware of other studies of yours. I find both of them insightful and thought-provoking. I'll contact you by email.
Thank you!
Oren