Cross-cultural comparison of learning in human hunting implications for life history evolution

Human Nature

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 386-402

  MacDonald, Katharine ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Faculteit der Archeologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Human evolution; Hunting; Learning; Life history

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048980302     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-007-9019-8     Document Type: Article

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