PFA
Food Aversion in Pregnancy
Class: I - Natural Selection
EPA Total Score: 37 /100
Jerome H. Barkow, Leda Cosmides, John Tooby (1992). Pregnancy sickness as adaptation: a deterrent to maternal ingestion of teratogens. Margie Profet. The adapted mind: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture. Oxford University Press
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80/100
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80/100
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80/100
Submitted by mmaceac1
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