Sleep intensity and the evolution of human cognition

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 225-237

  Samson, David R ^a   Nunn, Charles L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Comparative study; Evolutionary mismatch; Human evolution; Human uniqueness

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; SLEEP;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SLEEP;

EID: 84949789430     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21464     Document Type: Article

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