Social Learning Strategies

Kendal, Rachel L.

Abstract

Animal learning may play several important roles in evolution. Here we discuss how: (1) learning can provide an additional form of inheritance, (2) learning can instigate plasticity-first evolution, (3) learning can influence niche construction, and (4) learning can generate developmental bias. Evidence for these evolutionary effects of learning has accumulated rapidly over the last two decades, yet their significance for biological evolution remains poorly appreciated.

Citation

Kendal, R. L. (2022). Social Learning Strategies. In M. A. Krause, K. L. Hollis, & M. R. Papini (Eds.), Evolution of Learning and Memory Mechanisms (247-264). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108768450.017

• Online Publication Date: May 26, 2022
• Publication Date: May 19, 2022
• Deposit Date: Oct 24, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 25, 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 247-264
• Book Title: Evolution of Learning and Memory Mechanisms
• Chapter Number: 14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108768450.017
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2982897