Shennan, Stephen J., Crema, Enrico R. and Kerig, Tim (2015). Isolation-by-distance, homophily, and core vs. package cultural evolution models in Neolithic Europe. Evol. Hum. Behav., 36 (2). S. 103 - 110. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. ISSN 1879-0607

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Abstract

Recently there has been growing interest in characterising population structure in cultural data in the context of ongoing debates about the potential of cultural group selection as an evolutionary process. Here we use archaeological data for this purpose, which brings in a temporal as well as spatial dimension. We analyse two distinct material cultures (pottery and personal ornaments) from Neolithic Europe, in order to: a) determine whether archaeologically defined cultures exhibit marked discontinuities in space and time, supporting the existence of a population structure, or merely isolation-by-distance; and b) investigate the extent to which cultures can be conceived as structuring cores or as multiple and historically independent packages. Our results support the existence of a robust population structure comparable to previous studies on human culture, and show how the two material cultures exhibit profound differences in their spatial and temporal structuring, signalling different evolutionary trajectories. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Shennan, Stephen J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Crema, Enrico R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kerig, TimUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-406834
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.09.006
Journal or Publication Title: Evol. Hum. Behav.
Volume: 36
Number: 2
Page Range: S. 103 - 110
Date: 2015
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
ISSN: 1879-0607
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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TRANSMISSION; REGRESSION; GENETICS; ECOLOGY; SCALEMultiple languages
Psychology, Biological; Behavioral Sciences; Social Sciences, BiomedicalMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40683

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