Working-memory capacity and the evolution of modern cognitive potential: Implications from animal and early human tool use

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Haidle, Miriam Noël ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

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EID: 77957710520     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650295     Document Type: Article

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