Conditions under which faithful cultural transmission through teaching promotes cumulative cultural evolution.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Nov 2023
28 Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
22
03
2023
accepted:
08
11
2023
medline:
30
11
2023
pubmed:
29
11
2023
entrez:
28
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
It has been argued that teaching promotes the accurate transmission of cultural traits and eventually leads to cumulative cultural evolution (CCE). However, previous studies have questioned this argument. In this study, we modified the action sequences model into a network exploring model with reinforcement learning to examine the conditions under which teaching promotes CCE. Our model incorporates a time trade-off between innovation and teaching. Simulations revealed that the positive influence of teaching on CCE depends on task difficulty. When the task was too difficult and advanced, such that it could not be accomplished through individual learning within a limited time, spending more time on teaching-even at the expense of time for innovation-contributed to CCE. On the contrary, the easier the task, the more time was spent on innovation than on teaching, which contributed to the improvement of performance. These findings suggest that teaching becomes more valuable as cultures become more complex. Therefore, humanity must have co-evolved a complex cumulative culture and teaching that supports cultural fidelity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38017047
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47018-7
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-47018-7
pmc: PMC10684533
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
20986Subventions
Organisme : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
ID : 20J20818
Organisme : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
ID : 16H06324
Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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