Race, language, and mental evolution in Darwin's Descent of Man

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-255

  Alter, Stephen G ^a  

^a GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL PROCESSES; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547616131     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: 15206696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.20238     Document Type: Article

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