Berl, Richard E. W., authorSamarasinghe, Alarna N., authorRoberts, Sean G., authorGavin, Michael C., authorJordan, Fiona M., authorGray, Russell D., author2017-11-092017-11-092017https://hdl.handle.net/10217/184809Every human on our planet belongs to a culture, and we all begin to learn this information very early in life. But to accomplish this, we each have some very important decisions to make: What do we learn and who do we learn it from? And what do we do when these signals compete for our attention? To answer this, we used speakers of high and low prestige and two artificially constructed creation stories to test what information people use. Our findings may upturn our understanding of how humans learn and behave, and how our extraordinary capacity for culture evolved.born digitalStudent workspostersengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.cultural evolutionsocial learningcontent biasprestige biascreation storiescultural transmissionexperimentalText