The territorial foundations of human property

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 297-304

  DeScioli, Peter ^a   Wilson, Bart J ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fighting convention; Ownership; Property; Uncorrelated asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79961172651     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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