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A transmission-chain testing booth, a field-recording desk, and a lithic refitting bench arranged along one wide research room, with a knotted cord board still swinging on the near booth's tray

Comparing the Main Approaches to Cumulative Culture and Social Learning

Laboratory transmission chains, cross-cultural fieldwork, and archaeological material analysis each answer a different question about how culture accumulates — and none of them, alone, answers all of it.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 29, 2026 · 14 min read

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