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The cross cultural method and the incest taboo

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Stephen Beckerman
Stephen Beckerman
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Anthropology Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 263 - 264
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