Attachment and cooperation in religious groups: An example of a mechanism for cultural group selection

Current Anthropology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 759-785

  Weingarten, Carol Popp ^a,b   Chisholm, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 73349090953     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605767     Document Type: Article

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