Did farming arise from a misapplication of social intelligence?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1480, 2007, Pages 705-718

  Mithen, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Archaeology; Farming; Human mind; Material culture; Social intelligence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EMERGENCE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MATERIAL CULTURE; MEMORY; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447323892     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.2005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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