Applying evolutionary anthropology to a changing world

Applied Evolutionary Anthropology: Darwinian Approaches to Contemporary World Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Gibson, Mhairi A ^a   Lawson, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85028133357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0280-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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