The generative psychology of kinship. Part 2. Generating variation from universal building blocks with Optimality Theory

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 320-350

  Jones, Doug ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Human kinship; Kin selection; Kin terminology; Optimality Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042929512     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(03)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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