From Biological Inhibitions to Cultural Prohibitions, or How Not to Refute Edward Westermarck

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 413-426

  Sesardic, Neven ^a  

^a Miyazaki International College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incest taboos; Natural selection; Sociobiology; Westermarck

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342461187     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006545130874     Document Type: Article

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