The gap is social: Human shared intentionality and culture

Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 331-349

  Tomasello, Michael ^a   Moll, Henrike ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84155169896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02725-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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