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Darwin's Legacy: An Evolutionary View of Women's Reproductive and Sexual Functioning

Amy L. Harris Anthropology Department, Indiana University
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Virginia J. Vitzthum Anthropology Department, Indiana University; The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 207-246 | Published online: 12 Mar 2013

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