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Animal culture: problems and solutions. (2009)
Book Chapter
Laland, K., Kendal, J., & Kendal, R. (2009). Animal culture: problems and solutions. In K. Laland, & B. Galef (Eds.), The Question of Animal Culture. Harvard University Press

The evolution of social learning rules: Payoff-biased and frequency-dependent biased transmission. (2009)
Journal Article
Kendal, J., Giraldeau, L., & Laland, K. (2009). frequency-dependent biased transmission. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 260(2), 210-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.05.029

Humans and other animals do not use social learning indiscriminately, rather, natural selection has favoured the evolution of social learning rules that make selective use of social learning to acquire relevant information in a changing environment.... Read More about The evolution of social learning rules: Payoff-biased and frequency-dependent biased transmission..

Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy. (2009)
Journal Article
Kendal, J., Rendell, L., Pike, T., & Laland, K. (2009). Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy. Behavioral Ecology, 20(2), 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp016

Theoretical models on the adaptive advantages of social learning lead to the conclusion that copying cannot be indiscriminate and that individuals should adopt evolved behavioral strategies that dictate the circumstances under which they copy others... Read More about Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy..

Paddy and Biddy no more: an evolutionary analysis of the decline in Irish Catholic forenames among descendants of 19th century Irish migrants to Britain (2009)
Journal Article
Smith, M., & MacRaild, D. (2009). Paddy and Biddy no more: an evolutionary analysis of the decline in Irish Catholic forenames among descendants of 19th century Irish migrants to Britain. Annals of Human Biology, 36(5), 595-608. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460903117459

Background: Recent research into cultural evolution has suggested that the distribution of many culturally neutral traits, including forenames, can be explained by a model of random copying, analogous to the process of random genetic drift. Aim: We t... Read More about Paddy and Biddy no more: an evolutionary analysis of the decline in Irish Catholic forenames among descendants of 19th century Irish migrants to Britain.