The evolution of the diversity of cultures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1567, 2011, Pages 1080-1089

  Foley, R A ^a   Mirazon Lahr M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Culture; Human diversity; Human evolution

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HOMO SAPIENS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959520286     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0370     Document Type: Article

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