Cultural diffusion in humans and other animals

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 15-21

  Whiten, Andrew ^a   Caldwell, Christine A ^b   Mesoudi, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84943311520     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.09.002     Document Type: Review

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