Department of Computer Science,University of Bath,Bath BA2 7AY,
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Jun;37(3):276-7. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1300304X.
The target article argues that whole groups can act as interactors in an evolutionary process. We believe that Smaldino's discussion would be advanced by a more thorough analysis of the appropriate replicators and lineages for this model. We show that cultural evolution is necessarily a separate process from cultural group selection, and we also illustrate that the two processes may influence each other as demonstrated by an agent-based model of communicating food-processing skills.
本文认为，整个群体可以在进化过程中充当相互作用者。我们认为，斯莫尔迪诺的讨论如果能更彻底地分析这种模式的适当复制子和谱系，将会得到推进。我们表明，文化进化必然是一个与文化群体选择不同的过程，我们还通过一个交流食物加工技能的基于代理的模型说明了这两个过程可能相互影响。
