The Imitation Factor: Evolution Beyond the Gene

By L. Dugatkin. 2000

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Humans show mate copying after observing real mate choices. (2010, background): “This process, known as mate copying (Dugatkin, 1992, 2000), has been widely documented in many animal species, mostly birds (Freed-Brown & White, 2009; Galef, 2008; Galef & White, 1998) and fish (Alonzo, 2008; Dugatkin, 1992).”
Public Information: From Nosy Neighbors to Cultural Evolution (2004, background): “We define culture as the sum of traditions and information that vary among groups; the transmission of these differences across generations rests on social interactions (imprinting, imitation, learning, or teaching) that change the phenotype lastingly [definition derived from (24, 25, 38)].”
Social influence in human face preference: men and women are influenced more for long-term than short-term attractiveness decisions (2008, background): “In nonhuman animal species, mate-choice copying has been observed among females of various species (Brown & Fawcett 2005; Dugatkin 2000; Galef & Laland 2005; White 2004).”