Evolution of cooperation among mammalian carnivores and its relevance to hominin evolution

Current Anthropology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Jennifer E ^a   Swanson, Eli M ^b   Reed, Daphna ^c   Holekamp, Kay E ^b  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/667653     Document Type: Article

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