Using human evolution to teach evolutionary theory

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-81

  Besterman, Hugo ^a,b   La Velle, Linda Baggott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Abingdon School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Founder effect; Hominin; Natural selection; Random genetic drift; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047266426     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2007.9656066     Document Type: Article

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