Can evolutionary psychology explain reproductive behavior in the contemporary United States?

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0041328704     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb00559.x     Document Type: Article

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