Male contribution to diet and female reproductive success among foragers

Current Anthropology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 755-759

  Marlowe, Frank ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038315863     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3596576     Document Type: Article

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