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The evolution of syntactic communication
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nowak, M. A., Plotkin, J. B., & Jansen, V. A. A.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 404
- Issue
- 6777
- Pages
- 495-498
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1967449835
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 28
- FWCI
- 674.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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