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- John Barresi, Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne, doi:10.1037/h0084638
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- Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, "Psychology, Culture, and Evolution", Evolution, doi:10.2307/2409686, JSTOR 2409686
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- Karen E. Chambers, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330840213
- Georges Guille-Escuret, L'Homme, JSTOR 25132958
- Michael Hammond, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, doi:10.2307/3341139, JSTOR 3341139
- Allan Mazur, American Journal of Sociology, JSTOR 2781121
- Pamela R. Willoughby, Culture, doi:10.7202/1081346ar
- ↑ Reviews of The Adapted Mind:
- Lee Blonder, American Anthropologist, JSTOR 679718
- Laureano Castro Nogueira & Miguel A. Toro Ibáñez, "Un intento de tomarse a Darwin en serio", Revista de libros, JSTOR 30231577
- Linda Mealey, Politics and the Life Sciences, JSTOR 4236072
- Steven Mithen, Journal of Anthropological Research, JSTOR 3631124
- David Sloan Wilson, The Quarterly Review of Biology, JSTOR 3037347
- ↑ Review of Missing the Revolution:
- William F. Zimmerman, The Quarterly Review of Biology, doi:10.1086/519655, JSTOR 10.1086/519655
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