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Evolutionary simulation modelling clarifies interactions between parallel adaptive processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Seth Bullock
Affiliation:
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, D-14195 Berlin, Germany{bullock; noble}@mpib-berlin.mpg.de www-abc.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Jason Noble
Affiliation:
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, D-14195 Berlin, Germany{bullock; noble}@mpib-berlin.mpg.de www-abc.mpib-berlin.mpg.de

Abstract

The teleological language in the target article is ill-advised, as it obscures the question of whether ecological and cultural inheritances are directed or random. Laland et al. present a very broad palette of explanatory possibilities; evolutionary simulation models could help narrow down the processes important in a particular case. Examples of such models are offered in the areas of language change and the Baldwin effect.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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