Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , January 2007

Confidence of paternity, divorce, and investment in children by Albuquerque men

  • Kermyt G. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Hillard Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Human Evolutionary Ecology Program, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
    • ,
  • Jane B. Lancaster

      Affiliations

    • Human Evolutionary Ecology Program, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA

Received 22 May 2006 ,Accepted 6 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.06.004

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , January 2007

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