From Experiential-based to Relational-based Forms of Social Organization: A Major Transition in the Evolution of Homo sapiens

Social Brain, Distributed Mind

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  Read, Dwight W ^a  

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Cultural kinship; Great apes; Human society; Social interaction; Social organization

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EID: 84925448988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197264522.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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