Controversial Issues in Evolutionary Psychology

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 145-173

  Hagen, Edward H ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environment of evolutionary adaptedness; Evolutionary psychology; Massive modularity; Nature nurture debate; Political correctness; Selfish genes; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987800333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939376.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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