Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64, January 2008

Conformists and mavericks: the empirics of frequency-dependent cultural transmission

  • Charles Efferson

      Affiliations

    • Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
    • Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
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  • Rafael Lalive

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Department of Econometrics and Political Economy, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Peter J. Richerson

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    • Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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  • Richard McElreath

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    • Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
  • ,
  • Mark Lubell

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    • Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Received 14 November 2006; accepted 8 August 2007. published online 22 November 2007.

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 C.E. thanks the US Environmental Protection Agency (STAR fellowship no. U-91615601-3) for financial support. This research was funded by a US National Science Foundation grant (award no. 0340148 to P.J.R., R.M., and M.L.).

PII: S1090-5138(07)00087-6

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.08.003

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64, January 2008