The mating mind: How sexual choice shaped the evolution of human nature

Psycoloquy

Volumn 12, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-21

  Miller, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Art; Creativity; Human evolution; Language; Morality; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243179869     PISSN: 10550143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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