Introduction: The evolution of society

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1533, 2009, Pages 3127-3133

  Clutton Brock, T ^a   West, S ^a   Ratnieks, F ^b   Foley, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

ANIMAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 72649086809     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0207     Document Type: Review

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