Biology and social life: Book review/Biologie et vie sociale: Note de lecture: The trouble with memes: Deconstructing Dawkins's monster: An Essay Review of The Selfish Meme: A Critical Reappraisal by Kate Distin and Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution by Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd

Social Science Information

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 691-709

  Walter, Alex ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Cultural variants; culture; Culturgens; Dual inheritance; Evolutionary psychology; Gene; Memes; Memetics; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728887     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018407082597     Document Type: Review

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