Cultural transmission and the capacity to approve or disapprove of offspring's behaviour

Journal of Memetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 43-59

  Castro, Laureano ^a   Toro, Miguel A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessor; Conceptual categorisation; Cultural evolution; Imitation; Teaching

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0346406108     PISSN: 13664786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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