Human evolution: Group size determines cultural complexity

Nature

Volumn 503, Issue 7476, 2013, Pages 351-352

  Richerson, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; GROUP SIZE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LABORATORY METHOD; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FISHING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIETY;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84888058417     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12708     Document Type: Short Survey

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