Human nature or human natures?

Futures

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 740-748

  Frost, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 80051565074     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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