Anthropocentricisms in cladograms

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-440

  Sandvik, Hanno ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropocentricism; Anthropocentrism; Cladogram; Evolutionary tree; Phylogeny; Tree balance

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 68949192602     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9102-x     Document Type: Article

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