Ethology, Sociobiology, and Evolutionary Psychology

A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 393-414

  Griffiths, Paul E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Royal Historical Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charles darwin; Evolutionary psychology; Human ethology; Natural environment; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856185206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696590.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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