Explaining Biased Sex Ratios in Human Populations: A Critique of Recent Studies [and Comments and Reply]
1990; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 31; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/203801
ISSN1537-5382
AutoresDaniela F. Sieff, Laura Betzig, Lee Cronk, Alan G. Fix, Mark V. Flinn, Lisa Sattenspiel, Kathleen R. Gibson, D. Ann Herring, Nancy Howell, S. Ryan Johansson, Zdenĕk Pavlík, John W. Sheets, Eric Alden Smith, Eckart Voland, Eva Siegelkow,
Tópico(s)Historical Economic and Social Studies
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