Social behaviour in humans

Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 395-409

  Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885664819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511781360.031     Document Type: Chapter

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