Matrilateral biases in the investment of aunts and uncles: Replication in a population presumed to have high paternity certainty

Human Nature

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 391-402

  McBurney, Donald H ^a   Simon, Jessica ^a   Gaulin, Steven J C ^a   Geliebter, Allan ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin investment; Matrilateral bias; Paternity uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036393226     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-002-1022-5     Document Type: Article

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