Birth order and familial sentiment: Middleborns are different

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 299-312

  Salmon, Catherine A ^a   Daly, Martin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth order; Genealogy; Kinship; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001284647     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(98)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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