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Population Pressure Theory, Elite Exploitation, and Reproductive Success

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Arthur A. Joyce
Arthur A. Joyce*
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Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , August 1989 , pp. 49 - 55
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