Evolutionary Theory Developing: The Problem(s) with Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-96

  Swenson, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco0901_3     Document Type: Article

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