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Endless forms: human behavioural diversity and evolved universals.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 12 Feb 2011

Smith Eric Alden

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Human populations have extraordinary capabilities for generating behavioural diversity without corresponding genetic diversity or change. These capabilities and their consequences can be grouped into three categories: strategic (or cognitive), ecological and cultural-evolutionary. Strategic aspec...

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PMID: 21199837
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0233
PMCID: PMC3013474

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