Cultural transmission and social control of human behavior

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-360

  Castro, Laureano ^a   Castro Nogueira, Luis ^a   Castro Nogueira, Miguel A ^a   Toro, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessor; Cultural evolution; Homo suadens; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LEARNING; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 77953023087     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9201-y     Document Type: Article

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