Understanding culture across species

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 341-346

  Byrne, Richard W ^a   Barnard, Philip J ^b   Davidson, Iain ^c   Janik, Vincent M ^a   McGrew, William C ^d   Miklósi, Ádam ^e   Wiessner, Polly ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

COGNITIVE PROCESSES; HUMAN CULTURE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTIFACT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPECIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 4143102627     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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