Population, culture histrory, and the dynamics of culture change

Current Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 811-835

  Shennan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1086/317403     Document Type: Article

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