Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 277-289 , July 2003

The human penis as a semen displacement device

Received 30 August 2002 ,Revised 25 March 2003

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Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 277-289 , July 2003