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Book Review: Digit Ratio: A Pointer to Fertility, Behavior, and Health. By John T. Manning. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2002, 173 pp., $27.00 (paper), $65.00 (hardcover)

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Lippa, R.A. Book Review: Digit Ratio: A Pointer to Fertility, Behavior, and Health. By John T. Manning. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2002, 173 pp., $27.00 (paper), $65.00 (hardcover). Arch Sex Behav 32, 587–590 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026049830181

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