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  1. University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

    Diana Fleischman

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

    Todd K Shackelford

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

    Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA

    Brian B Boutwell

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Fleischman, D. (2021). Sex as Bonding Mechanisms. In: Shackelford, T.K., Weekes-Shackelford, V.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_1717

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