Agency and adaptation: New directions in evolutionary anthropology

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-120

  Smith, Eric Alden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Gene culture coevolution; Neo Darwinism; Niche construction; Phenotypic adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84886673535     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155447     Document Type: Review

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