On Fertile Ground

A Natural History of Human Reproduction

Peter T. Ellison

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$33.00 • £26.95 • €29.50

ISBN 9780674011120

Publication Date: 05/30/2003

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368 pages

5-3/4 x 8-7/8 inches

19 halftones, 4 line illustrations

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Peter T. Ellison is John Cowles Professor of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.

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