How to formulate and test adaptationism

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 202-210

  Orzack, Steven Hecht ^a   Sober, Elliot ^b  

^a Fresh Pond Research Institute Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0006065591     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285919     Document Type: Article

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