Failures of explanation in Darwinian ecological anthropology: Part II

Philosophy of the Social Sciences 25 (3):360-375 (1995)
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Eric Alden Smith and Bruce Winterhalder, eds., Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior. Aldine de Gruyter, New York, 1992. Pp. xv, 470, tables, boxes, figures, bibliography, author index, subject index, $59.95 (cloth), $29.95 (paper).

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