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Human language as a culturally transmitted replicator
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- Authors
- Pagel, M.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Genetics
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 405-415
- ISSN
- 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0064
- OpenAlex
- W2107218202
- Cited by
- 391
- References
- 66
- FWCI
- 30.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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