Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals

  • Hal Whitehead,
  • Kevin N. Laland,
  • Luke Rendell,
  • Rose Thorogood,
  • Andrew Whiten

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10293-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The reciprocal interaction between genetic and cultural evolution is well recognised in humans. Here, Whitehead and colleagues review the growing body of evidence that culture is also a major driver of both neutral and adaptive genetic evolution in non-human animals.