Networks of Food Sharing Reveal the Functional Significance of Multilevel Sociality in Two Hunter-Gatherer Groups

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 2017-2021

  Dyble, Mark ^a   Thompson, James ^a   Smith, Daniel ^a   Salali, Gul Deniz ^a   Chaudhary, Nikhil ^a   Page, Abigail E ^a   Vinicuis, Lucio ^a   Mace, Ruth ^a   Migliano, Andrea Bamberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; PHILIPPINES;

CONGO; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84992131296     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.064     Document Type: Article

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