Reevaluating "Twin infanticide"

Current Anthropology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 856-863

  Ball, Helen L ^a   Hill, Catherine M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001279863     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/204569     Document Type: Review

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