The evolutionary roots of human hyper-cognition

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-89

  Gintis, Herbert ^a,b  

^a Santa Fe Institute   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Human evolution; Lethal weapons

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DOMINANCE; HUMAN EVOLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84874383730     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-012-9140-6     Document Type: Article

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