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Evolutionary Psychology, Ethology, and Essentialism (Because What They Don't Know Can Hurt Us)

  1. Letitia Meynell

Article first published online: 3 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2011.01240.x

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Hypatia

Hypatia

Volume 27, Issue 1, pages 3–27, Winter 2012

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Meynell, L. (2012), Evolutionary Psychology, Ethology, and Essentialism (Because What They Don't Know Can Hurt Us). Hypatia, 27: 3–27. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2011.01240.x

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  1. Issue published online: 13 JAN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 3 NOV 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 15 NOV 2010
  4. Manuscript Revised: 25 SEP 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 10 MAY 2010

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