J.P. Rushton's theory of ethnic nepotism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 256-260

  Salter, Frank ^a   Harpending, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Ethnic nepotism; Evolution; Genetic Similarity Theory; Genomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878119739     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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