"Cultural Evolution" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The continuous developmental process of a culture from simple to complex forms and from homogeneous to heterogeneous qualities.
| Descriptor ID |
D003468
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.076.201.450.370
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| Concept/Terms |
Cultural Evolution- Cultural Evolution
- Cultural Evolutions
- Evolutions, Cultural
- Evolution, Cultural
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cultural Evolution" by people in Profiles.
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"Socio-cultural transmission" in language evolution?: Comment on "Rethinking [the] foundations of language from a multidisciplinary perspective" by Tao Gong, Lan Shuai, & Yicheng Wu. Phys Life Rev. 2018 11; 26-27:155-157.
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An ecological account of language evolution! Way to go! Commentary on "Modeling the cultural evolution of language" by Luc Steels. Phys Life Rev. 2011 Dec; 8(4):367-8.
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Parsing the evolution of language. Science. 2008 Apr 25; 320(5875):446; author reply 446.