How did memes come into existence?

Memes probably came into existence with the development of the capacity for imitation. Once people (or early hominids) could imitate one another, simple memes - such as those for basket weaving, hunting skills, etc. - could spread slowly from one adherent to the next. Language could then be a development mediated by the memes, or the genes, or both, for the benefit of both as replicators.

See Memetics and Society, The Evolution of Language. More.

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