Culture in non-human primates: Definitions and evidence

Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology: A Critical Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 80-101

  Humle, Tatyana ^a   Newton Fisher, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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