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A Key Difference Between the Epidemiological View of Cultural Evolution

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A key difference between the epidemiological view of cultural evolution and the "ideas as replicators" view is that

A) the epidemiological view predicts faster and more widespread evolution than the ideas as replicators view.
B) the epidemiological view is parallel to biological evolution,whereas the ideas as replicators view is different from biological evolution.
C) the epidemiological view involves genes,whereas the ideas as replicators view involves memes.
D) the epidemiological view involves horizontal transmission,whereas the ideas as replicators view involves vertical transmission.
E) the epidemiological view involves people recreating what they have learned,whereas the ideas as replicators view involves the replication of ideas.

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