Culture, Biology, and Evolution: The Mead-Freeman Controversy Revisited

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 539-556

  Shankman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0034287045     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005166129554     Document Type: Review

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