Evolutionism and North America's archaeological record

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-45

  O'Brien, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwinism; Drift; Evolution; Phylogeny; Selection; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DARWINIA;

EID: 14844313643     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000329559     Document Type: Review

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