Can evolution explain how minds work?

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7240, 2009, Pages 832-833

  Bolhuis, Johan J ^a   Wynne, Clive D L ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONKEY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PRIMATES; REWARD; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 65249162360     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/458832a     Document Type: Note

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