The Human Symbolic Revolution: A Darwinian Account

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 75-114

  Knight, Chris ^a   Power, Camilla ^b   Watts, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84974151731     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774300001190     Document Type: Article

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