Knowledge-Sharing Networks in Hunter-Gatherers and the Evolution of Cumulative Culture

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 2516-2521

  Salali, Gul Deniz ^a   Chaudhary, Nikhil ^a   Thompson, James ^a   Grace, Olwen Megan ^b   van der Burgt, Xander M ^b   Dyble, Mark ^a   Page, Abigail E ^a   Smith, Daniel ^a   Lewis, Jerome ^a   Mace, Ruth ^a   Vinicius, Lucio ^a   Migliano, Andrea Bamberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992147626     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.015     Document Type: Article

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