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Christophe Boesch: The Real Chimpanzee: Sex Strategies in the Forest

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2009. 181 pp., (USD 48.00, paper)

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    Martin N. Muller

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Muller, M.N. Christophe Boesch: The Real Chimpanzee: Sex Strategies in the Forest. Int J Primatol 32, 524–529 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9481-8

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