Infanticide by male lions hypothesis: A fallacy influencing research into human behavior

American Anthropologist

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 940-950

  Dagg, Anne Innis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faulty science; Infanticide by male lions; Infanticide hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032251225     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1998.100.4.940     Document Type: Article

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