Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 104-120 , March 2006

Sex, status, and reproductive success in the contemporary United States

Received 14 June 2004 ,Accepted 8 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.07.004

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