Nonverbal communication: origins, adaptation, and functionality

Nonverbal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 69-92

  Fernández Dols, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive; Animal communication; Brain evolution; Language; Nonverbal behavior

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EID: 84956772167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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