Spousal age differences and sex differences in life expectancy are confounders of matrilateral biases in kin investment

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Tran, Ulrich S ^a   Fisher, Maryanne L ^b   Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77951677128     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530903316773     Document Type: Article

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