Adaptations to Dangers from Humans

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 224-249

  Duntley, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitions; Cost infliction; Dangerous humans; Environmental dangers; Homicide defenses; Human adaptations; Sources of conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987790647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939376.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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