Niche construction, biological evolution, and cultural change

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-175

  Laland, Kevin N ^a   Odling Smee, John ^b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Altruism; Cooperation; Evolutionary psychology; Gene culture coevolution; Human evolution; Human genetics; Niche construction; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; REVIEW; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CULTURE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0034038591     PISSN: 0140525X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00002417     Document Type: Review

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