Primate behavior and human universals: Exploring the gap

Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-15

  Kappeler, Peter M ^a   Silk, Joan S ^b   Burkart, Judith M ^c   Van Schaik, Carel P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84884595167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02725-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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