Are we evolved to live with mobiles? An evolutionary view of mobile communication

Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-54

  Lai, Chih Hui ^a   Katz, James E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary theory; Mobile communication; Sexual selection; Social media; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863939895     PISSN: 14163837     EISSN: 15873803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3311/pp.so.2012-1.05     Document Type: Review

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