Africanist archaeology and ancient IQ: Racial science and cultural evolution in the twenty-first century

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-92

  MacEachern, Scott ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African archaeology; Human evolution; Intelligence testing; R K selection; Race

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HISTORY; RACISM; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 33644827729     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240500509918     Document Type: Article

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