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Experimental evidence for the influence of group size on cultural complexity

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ID23364430
AuthorsMaxime Derex (0000-0002-1512-6496, Université de Montpellier, corresponding author), Marie-Pauline Beugin, Marie‐Pauline Beugin (0000-0001-9444-227X, Université de Montpellier), Bernard Godelle (Université de Montpellier), Mary Raymond (0000-0002-1714-6984, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Michel Raymond
Year2013
Volume503
Issue7476
Pages389-391
Publication date2013-11-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0028-0836 • E-ISSN: 1476-4687
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1038/nature12774
PMID24226775
OpenAlexW2038921273
LanguageEN
Citations received82
References cited24

Big Five personality traits · Big Five personality traits and culture · Biology · Cultural diversity · Cultural group selection · Cultural transmission in animals · Diversity (politics) · Ethnic group · Evolutionary biology · Imperfect · Personality · Population · Population size · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Trait · Anthropology · Computer Science · Demography · Ecology · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Language and cultural evolution · Psychology · Social Psychology

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