An Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective on Modern Human Origins

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 533-556

  Marean, Curtis W ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cumulative culture; Evolutionary genetics; Paleoanthropology; Prosociality; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LEARNING;

AFRICA;

EID: 84945299329     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-102313-025954     Document Type: Review

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