Gesture in evolutionary perspective

Gesture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-204

  Bouissac, Paul ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Display; Evolution; Exaptation; Gesture; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249130385     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.6.2.04bou     Document Type: Article

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