What a tangled web he weaves: Race, reproductive strategies and Rushton's life history theory

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-154

  Graves Jr , Joseph L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Human races; IQ; Life history theory; Pseudoscience; Psychometry; R and K selection; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442358334     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469962002002002627     Document Type: Article

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