Hominid brain evolution: Testing climatic, ecological, and social competition models

Human Nature

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-79

  Bailey, Drew H ^a   Geary, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial capacity; Ecological dominance; Hominid; Paleoclimatic variability; Parasite prevalence; Social brain

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549103479     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-008-9054-0     Document Type: Article

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