From behavior to culture: An assessment of cultural evolution and a new synthesis

Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 17-41

  Read, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 2142714166     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.10109     Document Type: Review

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