Understanding of Evolution May Be Improved by Thinking about People

The theory of evolution is poorly understood in the population at large, even by those with some science education. The recurrent misunderstandings can be partly attributed to failure to distinguish between processes which individual organisms undergo and those which populations undergo. They may be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniel Nettle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-04-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491000800206