Endless forms: Human behavioural diversity and evolved universals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1563, 2011, Pages 325-332

  Smith, Eric Alden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cultural evolution; Game theory; Institutions; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GAME THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951839182     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0233     Document Type: Review

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