The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition¶
Tomasello, M. (1999). The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition. Harvard University Press.
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Primes¶
- Ratchet Effect
- In cumulative cultural evolution, technologies accumulate improvements because each is faithfully transmitted, so the population baseline never drops back.
This sourceIntroduces the cultural 'ratchet effect': faithful transmission locks in each cumulative improvement so the population baseline never drops back.
- In cumulative cultural evolution, technologies accumulate improvements because each is faithfully transmitted, so the population baseline never drops back.
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