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Genes, Culture and Human Evolution. A Synthesis
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Linda Stone and Paul F. Lurquin. Genes, Culture and Human Evolution. A Synthesis. Oxford and Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. pp. 314+xxi, four appendices, references, chapter notes, glossary and index. AUSS81.95 (Pb.), ISBN 1-4051-3166-7; AUSS182.00 (Hc.), ISBN 1-4051-5089-0.
This book is important because it is the first textbook that uses evolutionary theory to combine the studyof human culture and genetics at a level that is suitable for a general introduction in undergraduate teaching...
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