Social learning among Congo Basin hunter-gatherers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1567, 2011, Pages 1168-1178

  Hewlett, Barry S ^a,b   Fouts, Hillary N ^c   Boyette, Adam H ^b   Hewlett, Bonnie L ^a,b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cultural transmission; Hunter gatherers; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CULTURAL TRADITION; HUNTER-GATHERER; LEARNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; YOUNG POPULATION;

CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO BASIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIFE STYLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959497747     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0373     Document Type: Article

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