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... adaptive , a large amount of gene flow will alter the frequency of genotypes and destroy the phylogenetic continuity of the race . But if the racial specialties are highly adaptive , gene flow will destroy the phylogenetic continuity of ...
... adaptive , a large amount of gene flow will alter the frequency of genotypes and destroy the phylogenetic continuity of the race . But if the racial specialties are highly adaptive , gene flow will destroy the phylogenetic continuity of ...
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... adaptive biological consequences . To take a hypothetical example , suppose that epicanthic folds confer an adaptive advantage upon peoples who live and hunt amid the glare of arctic snows . The greater success of the heavy - lidded ...
... adaptive biological consequences . To take a hypothetical example , suppose that epicanthic folds confer an adaptive advantage upon peoples who live and hunt amid the glare of arctic snows . The greater success of the heavy - lidded ...
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... Adaptive and Maladaptive Aspects of Warfare To recognize the general adaptive value of the population control aspects of some forms of warfare is not to concede that in any given instance the entire pattern of warfare is explicable in ...
... Adaptive and Maladaptive Aspects of Warfare To recognize the general adaptive value of the population control aspects of some forms of warfare is not to concede that in any given instance the entire pattern of warfare is explicable in ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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