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Published online 4 June 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.546
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War and migration may have shaped human behaviour
Demographic factors could be behind diverse aspects of social evolution.
Explanations of the evolution of human behaviour often invoke crucial biological changes and revolutionary cultural innovations. Now two papers in Science instead put demography — the size, density and distribution of populations — centre stage.
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