Language unbound: Genomic conflict and psychosis in the origin of modern humans

Sociobiology of Communication: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Crespi, Bernard J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Genomic conflict; Genomic imprinting; Human evolution; Language; Neurodevelopment; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Sociality

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EID: 84920752359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216840.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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