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. 2021 May 5:12:667334.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.667334. eCollection 2021.

Infanticide and Human Self Domestication

Erik O Kimbrough  1 , Gordon M Myers  2 , Arthur J Robson  2
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Infanticide and Human Self Domestication

Erik O Kimbrough et al. Front Psychol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: human self domestication; infanticide; pleistocene; reactive aggression; violence.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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