The evolution of culture: From primate social learning to human culture

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 10235-10240

  Castro, Laureano ^a   Toro, Miguel A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessor; Cultural transmission; Dual inheritance; Imitation; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMITATION; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 3042841135     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400156101     Document Type: Article

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