Experimental and theoretical models of human cultural evolution

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-326

  Kempe, Marius ^a   Mesoudi, Alex ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911423247     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1288     Document Type: Review

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