The extended evolutionary synthesis, ethnography, and the human niche: Toward an integrated anthropology

Current Anthropology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages S13-S26

  Fuentes, Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84975316933     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685684     Document Type: Review

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