Review of Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo: The State of Knowledge at the Turn of the Century
Department or Administrative Unit
Anthropology and Museum Studies
Document Type
Book Review
Author Copyright
© American Anthropological Association
Publication Date
6-2006
Journal
American Anthropologist
Abstract
This book, the outcome of a conference (2000) marking the inauguration of the new Department of Anthropological Sciences at Stanford University, focuses renewed attention on Westermarck’s hypothesis in light of recent findings from genetics, biological anthropology, primatology, ethnography, history, psychiatry, and philosophy.
Recommended Citation
Barlow, K. (2006). [Review of the book Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo: The State of Knowledge at the Turn of the Century by A. P. Wolf and W. H. Durham, eds]. American Anthropologist, 108(2), 447–448. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2006.108.2.447
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