An interesting essay by Paul Ehrlich and Simon Levin on "cultural"
evolution appears in this month's PLOS Biology.
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030194If that URL gets scrambled, just goto
http://biology.plosjournals.organd look for "The Evolution of Norms.
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