Sex, marriage, and religion: What adaptive problems do religious phenomena solve?

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-203

  Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0036983987     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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