The social brain and the shape of the palaeolithic

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-135

  Gamble, Clive ^a   Gowlett, John ^b   Dunbar, Robin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952337581     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774311000072     Document Type: Review

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