Instant evolution. The influence of the city on human genes: A speculative case

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-220

  Bloom, Howard ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex societies; EEA; Gene culture coevolution; Human evolution; Neolithic agriculture; Neolithic urbanization; Plague; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043241728     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(01)00004-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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