Fiona Coward (2008) Standing on the shoulders of giants: an archaeological perspective on cultural transmission. Science, 319 (5869). pp. 1493 - 1495. ISSN 0036-8075
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Archaeological studies are helping to understand how humans acquired the ability for cultural transmission.
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