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A ‘GENDERED NEED’ EXPLANATION DOES NOT FULLY EXPLAIN LINEAGE BASED DIFFERENCES IN GRANDPARENTAL INVESTMENT FOUND IN A LARGE BRITISH COHORT STUDY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2012

THOMAS V. POLLET
Affiliation:
Social and Organizational Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MARK NELISSEN
Affiliation:
Behavioural Biology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
DANIEL NETTLE
Affiliation:
Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University, UK

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