Sexual selection for syntax and kin selection for semantics: problems and prospects
β Scribed by Tadeusz Wieslaw Zawidzki
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0169-3867
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