Can Group - Functional Behaviors Evolve by Cultural Group Selection ? : An Empirical Test
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http://www.jstor.org Can Group-Functional Behaviors Evolve by Cultural Group Selection?: An Empirical Test Author(s): Joseph Soltis, Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson Source: Current Anthropology, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jun., 1995), pp. 473-494 Published by: on behalf of University of Chicago Press Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2744054 Accessed: 05-10-2015 13:36 UTC
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