Resolving the anti-antievolutionism dilemma: A brief for relational evolutionary thinking in anthropology

American Anthropologist

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-237

  Schultz, Emily ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopoeisis; Developmental systems heory; Evolutionary anthropology; Natural drift; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649103359     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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