Inheritance, ecology and the evolution of the canoes of east Oceania

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1721, 2011, Pages 3089-3095

  Beheim, Bret A ^a   Bell, Adrian V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Canoes; Cultural evolution; Model selection; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE;

AUSTRALIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052775267     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0060     Document Type: Article

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