How Selfish by Nature?

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 293-312

  Krebs, Dennis ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85144450688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203888155-26     Document Type: Chapter

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