Environment of evolutionary adaptedness

The term environment of evolutionary adaptedness (sometimes abbreviated to EEA) is used to describe the environment or environments within which a given species evolved. In particular, it is used to describe the environments within which the human species evolved.

References

• Foley, R.A. 1997. "The adaptive legacy of human evolution: A search for the environment of evolutionary adaptedness." Evolutionary Anthropology 4: 194-203.

External links

• http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/epfaq/eea.html