The past explains the present

1990/07/01 by John Tooby, Leda Cosmides · 1 voice · 19 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cultural Differences and Values #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

paper · doi:10.1016/0162-3095(90)90017-z

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