Evolution and Development

Part VI - Evolution and Development

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Lance Workman: Affiliation:
University of South Wales
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Jerome H. Barkow: Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior , pp. 251 - 310

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