Cultural Evolution Branches Out: The Phylogenetic Approach in Cross-Cultural Research

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-130

  Currie, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural phylogenetics; phylogenetic comparative methods; sociopolitical complexity; tree thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875086512     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397112471803     Document Type: Article

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