Transmission networks of long-term and short-term knowledge in a foraging society.

ABSTRACT: Cultural transmission across generations is key to cumulative cultural evolution. While several mechanisms-such as vertical, horizontal, and oblique transmission-have been studied for decades, how these mechanisms change across the life course, beyond childhood, remains unclear. Furthermore, it is under-explored whether different mechanisms apply to distinct learning processes: long-term learning-where individuals invest time and effort to acquire skills-and short-term learning-where individuals share information of immediate use. To investigate the network structure of these two types of knowledge transmission-long-term learning of foraging skills and short-term learning of food location information-we present social network data (1,633 nominations) collected from all inhabitants (aged 4

SUBMITTER: Jang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12415857 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature