Demography and cultural innovation: A model and its implications for the emergence of modern human culture

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-16

  Shennan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002944426     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959774301000014     Document Type: Article

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