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Incest Aversion Incest Jan Antfolk Incest Aversion Jan Antfolk Incest Aversion The Evolutionary Roots of Individual Regulation 2014 Åbo Akademi | ISBN 978-952-12-3043-1 Incest Aversion The Evolutionary Roots of Individual Regulation Jan Antfolk Psykologi Institutionen för psykologi och logopedi Åbo Akademi Åbo, Finland, 2014 Cover art by Rasmus West ISBN 978-952-12-3043-1 Tryck: Gosmo Print Ab, Åbo, Finland 2014 2 3 4 5 1. 1. Reprinted with permission from Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 33: 217-223, Elsevier 2012. © Elsevier 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 mate value and dominance of the women' s partner. Evolution and Human Behavior, 32(2), 138-146. Ackerman, J., Kenrick, D., & Schaller, M. (2007). Is friendship akin to kinship? Bar-yam, N. B., & Darby, L. (1997). 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