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Review of Wenda Trevathan’s Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women’s Health (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010)

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Campbell, A. Review of Wenda Trevathan’s Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women’s Health (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010). Hum Nat 23, 490–496 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-012-9155-7

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