The evolution of norms

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 0943-0948

  Ehrlich, Paul R ^a   Levin, Simon A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRISON; REVIEW; SCHOOL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; GENETICS; HOMINID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 22744447626     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030194     Document Type: Review

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