Teaching in hunter–gatherer infancy

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hewlett, Barry S ^a   Roulette, Casey J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hunter gatherers; Social learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958073674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150403     Document Type: Article

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