cultural transmission
collocation in Englishmeaningsofculturalandtransmission
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cultural
adjective
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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transmission
noun
uk/trænzˈmɪʃ.ən/us/trænˈsmɪʃ.ən/
the process of broadcasting or sending out something by radio or television, on the internet, etc., or something that is broadcast or sent ...
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(Definition ofculturalandtransmissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Much attention has focused on howculturaltransmissionaffects evolutionary rates.
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We may well ask whether such elaborate verticalculturaltransmissioncould occur at all if females were dispersing from natal groups, as happens among chimpanzees.
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The technical capacity for long distance travel, and thusculturaltransmission, has been maintained or increased over time.
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Initially, genetic and cultural processes were treated as independent, with separate fitness scores and transmission coefficients allocated for natural selection andculturaltransmission.
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Gene-culture coevolution may occur under any mode ofculturaltransmission.
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Culturaltransmissionrequires intra-and inter-generational transmission of learned behaviors.
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Approaches to cultural exchange have to develop which can accommodate cultural diversity, and the complexities ofculturaltransmission.
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But under wild-living conditions, and especially when compared with cetacean achievements, apeculturaltransmissionis puzzlingly patchy and restricted given these animals' impressive cognitive capacities.
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Taking this second, ethnographic, approach, there is good evidence forculturaltransmissionin several cetacean species.
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It happens to be from other individuals, and so involvesculturaltransmission, but beyond that the differences outweigh the similarities.
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But even implicitly, the two-component definition ofculturaltransmissionis always applied to humans and not overlooked.
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These two approaches have interacted in different ways in the study of culture andculturaltransmissionin different taxonomic groups.
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Since the vocal repertoire of each individual in a pod is unknown, it is impossible to documentculturaltransmission.
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Culturaltransmissionbetween siblings could be detrimental to maternal genes.
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This is an important consideration, and has considerable implications for the notion ofculturaltransmissionin this species.
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Here we review these results from the perspectives used in research onculturaltransmissionin other animals.
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He shows that compositionality and recursion, two central traits commonly attributed to natural languages, can emerge throughculturaltransmission, and thus need not be innate.
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For children to know about the shape of the earth and the day-night cycle may require directculturaltransmissionin school.
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The less vertical theculturaltransmissionis, the more important cultural success is relative to biological reproduction.
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Cognitive traits likely working in concert with imitation during the process ofculturaltransmission include attention, perception, memory, and communication.
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