What cultural Primatology can tell anthropologists about the evolution of culture

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 171-190

  Perry, Susan E ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Primates; Social learning; Traditions

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL TRADITION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PRIMATE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 33751022209     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123312     Document Type: Review

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