The prehistory of compassion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6429-6430

  Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCHEOLOGY; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; FOOD INTAKE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TORTICOLLIS; ANIMAL; BONE; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; IRAQ; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; PRIMATES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 66149083218     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902614106     Document Type: Note

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