Two interpretations of human evolution: Essentialism and darwinism

Anthropological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-80

  Henneberg, MacIej ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Brain; Hominid; Hominin; Stature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149139788     PISSN: 18986773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10044-008-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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