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False Criticisms of Sociobiology and Behavioral Ecology: Genetic Determinism, Untestability, and Inappropriate Comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Patricia Adair Gowaty
Patricia Adair Gowaty*
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University of Georgia, USA
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , August 1995 , pp. 174 - 180
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