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Postdoc @scioi_cluster @arc_mpib | Collective intelligence and (cultural) evolution | Models and experiments | PhD @MPI_EVA_Leipzig | @ESLRSociety | #1stGen
Sep 13, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
New preprint with Anne Kandler and @LaurelFogarty @tice_lab @MPI_EVA_Leipzig:

"Effective population size for culturally evolving traits"

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biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Population size has long been considered an important driver of cultural diversity and complexity.

Results from population genetics, however, show that it is not the census population size but the effective size that matters!