Kin Detection and the Development of Sexual Aversions: Toward an Integration of Theories on Family Sexual Abuse

Family Relationships: An Evolutionary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tal, Ilanit ^a   Lieberman, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational framework; Inbreeding avoidance; Incest; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052124242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320510.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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