When genes and environment disagree: Making sense of trends in recent human evolution.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom; Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1NF, United Kingdom

Published: July 2016


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