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==Evolution and Culture==

Beginning with the pioneering work of [[Lucca [[Cavalli-Sforza]] and [[Marcus Feldman]] (1981) in the early 1970s, these methods were adapted to study cultural evolution. The problem is somewhat the same as organic evolution.

* People acquire information from others by learning and teaching.

* [[Cultural]] transmission is imperfect, so the transmission is not always exact.