Hierarchical Evolutionary Theory: There Is an Alternative, and It's Not Creationism
Psychological InquiryPublished 1 January 1995
Linnda R. Caporael, Marilynn B. Brewer
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It is the intent to present an alternative to sociobiology as an account of human sociality-an alternative based on modern work in developmental systems and hierarchical theory in biology.
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(1995). Hierarchical Evolutionary Theory: There Is an Alternative, and It's Not Creationism. Psychological Inquiry: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 31-34.
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