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Understanding Western Uniqueness: A Comment on Joseph Henrich’s [i]The WEIRDest People in the World[/i] 理解西方的独特性:评约瑟夫·亨利希的《世界上最古怪的人》[i]

Mankind Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.46469/MQ.2021.61.3.20

Kevin Macdonald

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Country of Origin IQ and Muslim Percentage Predict Grade Point Average in School among 116 Immigrant Groups in Denmark 原籍国IQ和穆斯林百分比预测丹麦116个移民群体的学校平均绩点

Mankind Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.46469/MQ.2021.61.3.13

Emil Ole William Kirkegaard, Juri Fedorov

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Are there Complex Assortative Mating Patterns for Humans? Analysis of 340 Spanish Couples 人类是否存在复杂的配对模式？340对西班牙夫妇分析

Mankind Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.46469/MQ.2021.61.3.12

Emil Ole William Kirkegaard

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[b]Obituary[/b]: James Robert Flynn (1934-2020) [b]讣告:詹姆斯·罗伯特·弗林(1934-2020)

Mankind Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.46469/MQ.2021.61.3.22

E. Dutton

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National Variations in CAG Repeats of Men’s Androgen Receptor Gene: A Tabulated Review 男性雄激素受体基因CAG重复序列的国家差异:一个表格综述

Mankind Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.46469/MQ.2021.61.3.4

L. Ellis, A. Hoskin, Hasan Buker