Age differences in dating and marriage: Reproductive strategies or social preferences?

Current Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 374-380

  Davis, Anthony ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0009351123     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/204749     Document Type: Article

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