Evolved Cognitive Adaptations

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sell, Aaron N ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptationist program; Comparative psychology; Evolutionary psychology; Formidability; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905732385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738182.013.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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