The fate of evolutionary archaeology: Survival or extinction?

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 690-696

  Gabora, Liane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired characteristics; Evolutionary archaeology; Inheritance; Lineage; Natural selection; Phenotypic trait; Unit of replication

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 33751198314     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600963395     Document Type: Article

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