A quick guide to cultural evolution for humanists [#DH digital humanities]

Note: As this is the draft of an appendix to an article in which I cite my own work, I do not mention it here. Of course, New Savanna has many posts on cultural evolution.

Much of the recent work on cultural evolution is empirical; researchers count things and see how they behave over time. This work requires minimal commitment to a specific theory or model of how cultural evolution works. That is perhaps wise, as there is no consensus model. These questions can help you organize and sort through the models.
1. What is ...