How useful are the concepts "innate" and "adaptation" for explaining human development?

Human Development

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-146

  Racine, Timothy P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 84879139591     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350925     Document Type: Review

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