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Circumventing Parental Choice and the Evolution of Rape

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Apostolou, M. Circumventing Parental Choice and the Evolution of Rape. Arch Sex Behav 41, 1331–1333 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-012-0027-3

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