Polygyny, family structure, and child mortality: A prospective study among the Dogon of Mali

Adaptation and Human Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 49-68

  Strassmann, Beverly I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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