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Behavioral influences on the evolution of human genetic diversity.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Feb 1996
Lasker G W, Crews D E
Abstract excerpt
Unique aspects of human behavior account for special features of human evolution. For instance, the best data on the mating patterns of undisturbed hunting-gathering populations are those of Norman Tinsdale for Australian Aborigines. Among some 574 linguistically distinct tribes, he collected information on 755 marriages from the period prior to significant contact with Europeans. One can extrapolate from these...
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