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The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity.

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العنوان: The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity.
المؤلفون: Miu E; School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America.; MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.; Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark., Rendell L; School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom., Bowles S; The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America., Boyd R; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America., Cownden D; Ingrooves Music Group, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada., Enquist M; University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden., Eriksson K; University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden., Feldman MW; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America., Lillicrap T; Google DeepMind, London, United Kingdom., McElreath R; MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany., Murray S; School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.; School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom., Ounsley J; School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.; Marine Scotland Science, Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory, Pitlochry, United Kingdom., Lala KN; School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.
المصدر: PLoS computational biology [PLoS Comput Biol] 2024 Sep 26; Vol. 20 (9), pp. e1012436. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 26 (Print Publication: 2024).
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101238922 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1553-7358 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1553734X NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS Comput Biol Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science, [2005]-
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Cultural Evolution*, Humans ; Computational Biology ; Social Learning
مستخلص: Social learning is common in nature, yet cumulative culture (where knowledge and technology increase in complexity and diversity over time) appears restricted to humans. To understand why, we organized a computer tournament in which programmed entries specified when to learn new knowledge and when to refine (i.e. improve) existing knowledge. The tournament revealed a 'refinement paradox': refined behavior afforded higher payoffs as individuals converged on a small number of successful behavioral variants, but refining did not generally pay. Paradoxically, entries that refined only in certain conditions did best during behavioral improvement, while simple copying entries thrived when refinement levels were high. Cumulative cultural evolution may be rare in part because sophisticated strategies for improving knowledge and technology are initially advantageous, yet complex culture, once achieved, favors conformity, blind imitation and hyper-credulity.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Miu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20240926 Date Completed: 20240926 Latest Revision: 20240926
رمز التحديث: 20240927
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012436
PMID: 39325687
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
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تدمد:1553-7358
DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012436