Homoplasy, homology, and the perceived special status of behavior in evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 504-521

  Rendall, Drew ^a   Di Fiore, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral evolution; Homology; Homoplasy; Phylogenetics; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 34247565943     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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