The Great Struggles of Life: Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Psychology

American Psychologist

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-148

  Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwin; evolutionary psychology; great struggles of life; sexual conflict; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOLUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 61349130051     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013207     Document Type: Article

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