Machiavellian intelligence

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 172-180

  Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brain size; Human evolution; Intelligence; Mental representation; Primates; Thinking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030299539     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1996)5:5<172::AID-EVAN6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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