About the Authors

Paul E. Smaldino

paul.smaldino@gmail.com

Affiliation Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lesley Newson

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Jeffrey C. Schank

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Peter J. Richerson

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PES LN JCS PJR. Performed the experiments: PES. Analyzed the data: PES. Wrote the paper: PES LN JCS PJR. Wrote the simulation code: PES.