Avoidance and prohibition of brother-sister sex in humans

Population Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Aoki, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biased cultural transmission; Cost of enforcement; Incest taboo; Westermarck hypothesis

Indexed keywords

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 20044379779     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-004-0199-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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