Living with kin in lowland horticultural societies

Current Anthropology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-103

  Walker, Robert S ^a   Beckerman, Stephen ^b   Flinn, Mark V ^a   Gurven, Michael ^c   von Rueden, Chris R ^c   Kramer, Karen L ^d   Greaves, Russell D ^d   Córdoba, Lorena ^e   Villar, Diego ^e   Hagen, Edward H ^f   Koster, Jeremy M ^g   Sugiyama, Lawrence ^h   Hunter, Tiffany E ^b   Hill, Kim R ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873863982     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668867     Document Type: Article

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