A g beyond Homo sapiens? Some hints and suggestions

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-265

  Lee, James J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASPM; Brain size; g; Life history; MCPH1; Primate intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947406433     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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