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      Cultural evolution: Where we have been and where we are going (maybe)

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          The study of cultural evolution using ideas from population biology began about 50 y ago, with the work of L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, Marcus Feldman, and ourselves. It has grown from this small beginning into a vital field with many publications and its own scientific society. In this essay, we give our perspective on the origins of the field and current unanswered questions.

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                Journal
                Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
                Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
                PNAS
                Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
                National Academy of Sciences
                0027-8424
                1091-6490
                18 November 2024
                26 November 2024
                18 November 2024
                : 121
                : 48
                : e2322879121
                Affiliations
                [1] aSchool of Human Evolution and Social Change , Institute for Human Origins, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ 85281
                [2] bDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy , University of California , Davis, AZ 95616
                Author notes
                2To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: rboyd3@ 123456asu.edu .

                Edited by Nicole Creanza, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; received January 31, 2024; accepted August 15, 2024, by Editorial Board Member Marcus W. Feldman

                1R.B. and P.J.R. contributed equally to this work.

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                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-8022
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-358X
                Article
                202322879
                10.1073/pnas.2322879121
                11621844
                39556734
                45df7782-ee55-44d3-82b7-cd037b5b4345
                Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.

                This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND).

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                Pages: 10, Words: 7823
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                565, Special Feature: Half a Century of Cultural Evolution
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                Half a Century of Cultural Evolution
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