Change in the form of evolution: Transition from primate to hominid forms of social organization

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-114

  Read, Dwight W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Group selection; Individualization; Primate behavior; Recursion

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844443727     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500590920842     Document Type: Article

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