Target article with commentaries: Developmental niche construction

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 296-313

  Flynn, Emma G ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^b   Kendal, Rachel L ^a   Kendal, Jeremy R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROSCIENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84874217654     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12030     Document Type: Article

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