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The interwoven conceptual matrix of the cultural replicator
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2001
Abstract
The capacity for flexible niche construction increases suddenly and dramatically when discrete memories and sensorimotor associations become woven into an interconnected worldview. Ontogenetic learning is as vital to culture as social learning because it is the wellspring of cultural novelty. Human altruism may result from pressures exerted at the level of cultural rather than biological replicators.
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