Social cultures among nonhuman primates

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 641-656

  Sapolsky, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33748561146     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504162     Document Type: Review

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