Sex differences in food preferences of Hadza hunter-gatherers

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 601-616

  Berbesque, Julia Colette ^a   Marlowe, Frank W ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food preferences; Hadza; Hunter gatherers; Paleo diet; Sexual division of labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951713750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470490900700409     Document Type: Article

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