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Book Review: Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior. Bobbi Low. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-691-02895-8. 412 pp., $60.00

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Mysterud, I. Book Review: Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior. Bobbi Low. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-691-02895-8. 412 pp., $60.00. Population and Environment 24, 287–290 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021203212152

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