Children, childhood, and development in evolutionary perspective

Developmental Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-264

  Bjorklund, David F ^a   Ellis, Bruce J ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Deferred adaptations; Developmental systems theory; Differential susceptibility; Evolutionary developmental psychology; Folk physics; Folk psychology; Life history theory; Ontogenetic adaptations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904757047     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2014.05.005     Document Type: Review

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