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Violence and fertility

Elizabeth G. Pillsworth ()
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Elizabeth G. Pillsworth: California State University, Fullerton

Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, vol. 2, issue 8, 540-541

Abstract: A study finds association between the occurrence of intimate partner violence and marital fertility among Tsimané forager-horticulturalists, independent of proximate explanations, suggesting that intimate partner violence may persist as an evolutionary strategy to enhance male fitness.

Date: 2018
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