Evolutionary BiologySinauer Associates, 1986 - 600 pagine Covers the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change, the major features of evolutionary history as revealed by phylogenetic and paleontological studies, and material on adaptation, molecular evolution, co-evolution, and human evolution. |
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Douglas J. Futuyma. EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR The cultural conditions of human societies have influenced and continue to in- fluence our biological evolution . They affect population size , gene flow , and many of the agents of ...
Douglas J. Futuyma. EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR The cultural conditions of human societies have influenced and continue to in- fluence our biological evolution . They affect population size , gene flow , and many of the agents of ...
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... human evolution has been the evolution of enormous behavioral flexibility , and the ability to learn and transmit culture . Although some biologists and anthropolo- gists view supposedly universal human traits as genetically canalized ...
... human evolution has been the evolution of enormous behavioral flexibility , and the ability to learn and transmit culture . Although some biologists and anthropolo- gists view supposedly universal human traits as genetically canalized ...
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... human history , and discuss the likely fate over the next 5000 years of such institutions as democracy , technology ... Human variation : Races , types , and ethnic groups . Prentice - Hall , Englewood Cliffs , N.J. The most ...
... human history , and discuss the likely fate over the next 5000 years of such institutions as democracy , technology ... Human variation : Races , types , and ethnic groups . Prentice - Hall , Englewood Cliffs , N.J. The most ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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