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Paternity uncertainty: Cause or consequence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Robin Fox
Robin Fox
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Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1987 , pp. 329 - 331
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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