The when and who of social learning and conformist transmission
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☆ Author acknowledges support from the Canadian Insti authors acknowledge no potential conflicts of interest. ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 604 828 3342. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Muthukrish http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.05.004 1090-5138/© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Article history: Initial receipt 22 November 2014 Final revision received 21 May 2015
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