Using Tinbergen's Four Questions (Plus One) to Facilitate Evolution Education for Human-Oriented Disciplines

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-113

  O'Brien, Daniel Tumminelli ^a   Gallup, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Evolution education; Evolutionary psychology; Interdisciplinary approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867629014     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-010-0305-2     Document Type: Article

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