Not Just Dead Meat: An Evolutionary Account of Corpse Treatment in Mortuary Rituals
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cognition and Culture
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1567-7095,1568-5373
DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342196