Sizes of permanent campsite communities reflect constraints on natural human communities

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 289-294

  Kordsmeyer, Tobias ^a,b   Mac Carron, Pádraig ^a,b   Dunbar, R I M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016837345     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/690731     Document Type: Article

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