Hominid cultural transmission and the evolution of language

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 721-737

  Castro, Laureano ^a   Medina, Alfonso ^b   Toro, Miguel A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b St Louis University (Madrid Campus)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Evolution of language; Human evolution

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NATURAL SELECTION;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 14844323141     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-005-5567-7     Document Type: Article

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