The forager oral tradition and the evolution of prolonged juvenility

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Sugiyama, Michelle Scalise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied capital; Foraging niche; Information exchange; Mental time travel; Oral tradition; Prolonged juvenility; Social learning; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867056308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00133     Document Type: Article

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