The Panglossian Paradigm revisited : The role of non adaptive mechanisms in hominid brain and body size evolution

The largely dominant adaptationist argument is currently used as the framework within which hominid brain evolution is explained; however these adaptationist explanations are inherently problematic and only suffice to ‘clutter’ our knowledge of the possible causes of hominid brain evolution. This...

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Main Author: Spocter, Muhammad Aadil
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/5955