The human adaptation for culture

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue , 1999, Pages 509-529

  Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Culture; Language; Ontogeny; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004411661     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.28.1.509     Document Type: Article

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