Cooperative feeding and breeding, and the evolution of executive control

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Vaesen, Krist ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cooperative breeding; Cooperative feeding; Evolution; Executive control; Human revolution

Indexed keywords

ART; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; SYMBOLISM;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 81855185300     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-011-9286-y     Document Type: Article

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