**Author(s):** Abe, S; Tsuchida, S; Takezawa, M <br><br>Cultural group selection (CGS) has been regarded as the most plausible theory which explains the evolutionary process of group beneficial norms. The key mechanisms of CGS are called intergroup conflict, which takes multiple forms and propagates the group's beneficial cultural traits in a population. Abe et al. (2021) experimentally investigated whether payoff-biased imitation, a form of intergroup conflict, diffuses the group beneficial traits across groups playing an n-person stag-hunt game. They showed the frequency of group beneficial traits increased faster when payoff-biased imitation across groups was feasible. In this study, we analyzed the participants’ decision processes by fitting and comparing five individual/social learning models employed by McElreath et al. (2008). Both the model simulations and model comparison analyses showed that participants’ choices were best explained by the hierarchical model of payoff-biased social learning and frequency-dependent social learning. Our results suggest that cultural group selection processes are driven without lethal intergroup conflicts with the help of payoff-biased imitation, which supports the result of Boyd & Richerson (2002)’s model.

Cultural evolution of group beneficial norms: The analysis of social learning strategies by computational modeling

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Cultural evolution of group beneficial norms: The analysis of social learning strategies by computational modeling