Reports: Cultural transmission and diversity in time-averaged assemblages

Current Anthropology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-114

  Premo, L S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84893091712     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674873     Document Type: Article

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