Intergroup aggression in primates and humans: The case for a unified theory

Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 171-195

  Crofoot, Margaret C ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02725-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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