The bowerbirds and the bees: Miller on art, altruism, and sexual selection

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-526

  Driscoll, Catherine ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural Evolution; Evolutionary Explanations of Altruism; Evolutionary Psychology; Group Selection; Psychology of Art; Sexual Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746195614     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515080600806575     Document Type: Article

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