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Migration: An engine for social change

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  • Peter J. Richerson

    (University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. pjricherson@ucdavis.edu)

  • Robert Boyd

    (University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. rboyd@anthro.ucla.edu)

Abstract

The movement of people into societies that offer a better way of life is a more powerful driver of cultural evolution than conflict and conquest, say Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd.

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  • Peter J. Richerson & Robert Boyd, 2008. "Migration: An engine for social change," Nature, Nature, vol. 456(7224), pages 877-877, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:456:y:2008:i:7224:d:10.1038_456877a
    DOI: 10.1038/456877a
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    1. Alessandra F. Lütz & Marco A. Amaral & Lucas Wardil, 2021. "Acculturation and the evolution of cooperation in spatial public goods games," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 94(11), pages 1-11, November.
    2. Xi, Ning & Zhang, Zi-Ke & Zhang, Yi-Cheng & Ge, Zehui & She, Li & Zhang, Kui, 2014. "Cultural evolution: The case of babies’ first names," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 406(C), pages 139-144.
    3. Andres Gomez-Lievano & Michail Fragkias, 2024. "The benefits and costs of agglomeration: insights from economics and complexity," Papers 2404.13178, arXiv.org.
    4. Chen, Jing & Hong, Junjie & Zhong, Weifeng & Wang, Chengqi & Liu, Xinghe, 2024. "Doing right at home: Do hometown CEOs curb corporate misconduct?11Chengqi Wang acknowledges the financial support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 72332005). Xinghe Liu acknowledge," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 205(C).

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