The parasite-stress theory may be a general theory of culture and sociality

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-119

  Fincher, Corey L ^a   Thornhill, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOCENTRISM; FAMILY RELATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; LIFE HISTORY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE STRESS THEORY; PHENOTYPE; PHILOPATRY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMBIOSIS; THEORY; UNITED STATES; XENOPHOBIA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857866111     PISSN: 0140525X     EISSN: 14691825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X11001774     Document Type: Review

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