Evolutionary explanations in the social and behavioral sciences: Introduction and overview

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-370

  Durrant, Russil ^a   Ward, Tony ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution, criminology; Evolutionary psychology; Gene culture co evolutionary theory; Human behavioral ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COEVOLUTION; COGNITION; CRIMINOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOLOGY; EMOTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 79960747112     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2011.02.010     Document Type: Review

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