A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- J. Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011