Autism as the low-fitness extreme of a parentally selected fitness indicator

Human Nature

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-413

  Shaner, Andrew ^a   Miller, Geoffrey ^b   Mintz, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Fitness indicator; Parental selection; Sexual selection; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849089830     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-008-9049-x     Document Type: Article

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