From whence the captains of our lives: Ultimate and phylogenetic perspectives on emotions in humans and other primates

Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 261-280

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Gervais, Matthew ^b  

^a Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture Department of Anthropology University of Anthropology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02725-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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