The lack of acceptance of evolutionary approaches to human behaviour

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-125

  Perry, George ^a   MacE, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecology; Evolutionism; Gene culture co evolution; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952661752     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.8.2010.2.2     Document Type: Article

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