The rhythm of change: What a drum-beat experiment reveals about cultural evolution

(Santa Fe Institute) Living organisms aren't the only things that evolve over time. Cultural practices change, too, and in recent years social scientists have taken a keen interest in understanding this cultural evolution. A new experiment used drum-beats to investigate the role that environment plays on cultural shifts, confirming that different environments do indeed give rise to different cultural patterns.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news