Orbital dynamics, environmental heterogeneity, and the evolution of the human brain

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 404-418

  Grove, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eccentricity; Encephalisation; Evolution; Obliquity; Precession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865180784     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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