Testing adaptationism: A comment on Orzack and Sober

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 189-201

  Brandon, Robert N ^a   Rausher, Mark D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001353789     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285918     Document Type: Article

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