The parental antagonism theory of language evolution: Preliminary evidence for the proposal

Human Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-245

  Brown, William M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alu elements; Cooperation; Cultural hitchhiking; Gene culture coevolution; Genomic imprinting; Inclusive fitness; Intragenomic conflict; Kinship theory; Language capacities; Nonverbal behavior; Overlapping genes; Parental antagonism theory; Relatedness asymmetries; Sensory exploitation; Sexual antagonism

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PAN;

EID: 79959984619     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0205     Document Type: Article

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