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Animal cultures and a general theory of cultural evolution
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mundinger, P. C.
- Venue
- Ethology and Sociobiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1980-09
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 183-223
- ISSN
- 0162-3095 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2003798206
- Cited by
- 270
- References
- 110
- FWCI
- 978.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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