Explaining culture scientifically /

"What exactly is culture? The authors of this volume suggest that the study of one of anthropology's central questions may be a route to developing a scientific paradigm for the field. The contributors - prominent scholars in anthropology, biology, and economics - approach culture from ver...

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Other Authors: Brown, Melissa J.
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Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008.
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