Introduction: Demography and cultural macroevolution

Human Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 105-119

  Steele, James ^a   Shennan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Cultural transmission; Demography; Dispersal; Language change; Prehistoric Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649116404     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.081.0301     Document Type: Review

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