Cooperative breeding and human cognitive evolution

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 175-186

  Burkart, J M ^a   Hrdy, S B ^b   Van Schaik, C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allomaternal care; Callitrichids; Food sharing; Prosociality; Shared intentionality

Indexed keywords

CALLITRICHIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 70450168343     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20222     Document Type: Article

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