Understanding of evolution may be improved by thinking about people

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-228

  Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Evolution; Human animal interactions; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955824156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800206     Document Type: Article

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