The Food-sharing Behavior of Protohuman Hominids

1978/04/01 by Glynn Isaac, Glynn Ll. Isaac · 790 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Health Professions · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Biology #Culinary Culture and Tourism #Feeding behavior #Indigenous Studies and Ecology #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0478-90

published in Scientific American 238(4), 90-108 (Springer Nature)

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