Ape behavior and the origins of human culture

Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 429-450

  Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02725-3_20     Document Type: Chapter

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