Evolutionary psychology: Toward a unifying theory and a hybrid science

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2001, Pages 607-628

  Caporael, Linnda R ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concilience; Cultural evolution; Inclusive fitness theory; Science and society; Social behavior; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

CULTURE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0035234390     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.607     Document Type: Article

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