The difference of being human: Morality

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 9015-9022

  Ayala, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological evolution; Cultural evolution; Human uniqueness; Moral norms; Moral sense

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MORALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; ETHICS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952363614     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914616107     Document Type: Review

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