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Group-level expression encoded in the individual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Paul Ibbotson
Paul Ibbotson*
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Open University, Centre for Childhood, Learning and Development, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK. paul.ibbotson@open.ac.ukhttp://www.open.ac.uk/education-and-languages/main/people/paul.ibbotson
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Abstract

Smaldino proposes a conceptual extension to the theory of cultural evolution to include emergent group-level traits as a unit of selection. It is important to recognize the role that group-level traits have played in the evolution of human culture. However, the emergent group-level trait of division of labor provides an illustrative example that is implementable within the existing framework of cMLS theory and may not even need a departure from the standard model.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 261 - 262
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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