Phylogenetic Approaches to Culture V & VI

Lectures

Phylogenetic Approaches to Culture – Part 5: Phylogenetic Signal

Fiona Jordan discusses the identification of evidence for signals of cultural phylogenetic inheritance—both in the context of continuous cultural traits and categorical ones. Also discusses how to proceed when no existing phylogenetic trees are available.

Phylogenetic Approaches to Culture – Part 6: Correlated Evolution

Fiona Jordan discusses correlation evolution, in which two traits repeatedly co-occur across multiple nodes on a cultural phylogenetic tree or trees.

Presentation Slides

5 - Comparative Methods: Phylogenetic Signal (PDF)

6 - Comparative Methods: Correlated Evolution (PDF)