Adaptations, Exaptations, and Spandrels

American Psychologist

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 533-548

  Buss, David M ^a   Haselton, Martie G ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^b   Bleske, April L ^a   Wakefield, Jerome C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032059699     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.53.5.533     Document Type: Article

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