Leaving your wife and your brothers: When polyandrous marriages fall apart

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-60

  Haddix, Kimber A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage; Mating strategies; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 0007343750     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(00)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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