Revisiting the Effect of Population Size on Cumulative Cultural Evolution
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Revisiting the effect of population size on cumulative cultural evolution
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cognition and Culture
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1567-7095,1568-5373
DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342153