Unraveling the evolution of uniquely human cognition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 6348-6354

  Maclean, Evan L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; ANIMAL; COOPERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84973294681     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1521270113     Document Type: Article

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