Bringing culture into human biology and biology back into anthropology

American Anthropologist

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-373

  Goodman, Alan H ^a  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Biocultural; Biology; Political economy; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882701457     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12022     Document Type: Article

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