The role of behaviour in the recurrence of biological processes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 306-314

  Dupré, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental systems; Epigenetics; Evolutionary psychology; Human nature

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84901209801     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12106     Document Type: Article

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