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T1  - The Adaptive Nature of Culture : A cross-cultural analysis of the returns of Local Environmental Knowledge in three indigenous societies 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/173799 
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A1  - Reyes-Garcia, Victoria; Guèze, Maximilien; Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel; Duda, Romain; Fernandez-Llamazares Onrubia, Alvaro; Gallois, Sandrine; Napitupulu, Lucentezza; Orta-Martínez, Marti; Pyhälä, Aili Adelita 
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Y1  - 2016 
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AB  - Researchers have argued that the behavioral adaptations that explain the success of our species are partially cultural, that is, cumulative and socially transmitted. Thus, understanding the adaptive nature of culture is crucial to understand human evolution. We use a cross-cultural framework and empirical data purposely collected to test whether culturally transmitted and individually appropriated knowledge provides individual returns in terms of hunting yields and health and, by extension, nutr... 
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KW  - 5143 Social and cultural anthropology; sharing; local knowledge; culture; behavioral adaptation; cross-cultural anthropology 
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