Cave art, autism, and the evolution of the human mind

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 116-143

  Humphrey, Nicholas ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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