Inuit Sex-Ratio Variation: Population Control, Ethnographic Error, or Parental Manipulation? [and Comments and Reply]

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Previous articleNext article No AccessInuit Sex-Ratio Variation: Population Control, Ethnographic Error, or Parental Manipulation? [and Comments and Reply]Eric Alden Smith, S. Abigail Smith, Judith Anderson, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Ernest S. Burch Jr., David Damas, Nelson H. H. Graburn, Cornelius H. W. Remie, Eric Abella Roth, and George W. WenzelEric Alden Smith Search for more articles by this author , S. Abigail Smith Search for more articles by this author , Judith Anderson Search for more articles by this author , Monique Borgerhoff Mulder Search for more articles by this author , Ernest S. Burch Jr. Search for more articles by this author , David Damas Search for more articles by this author , Nelson H. H. Graburn Search for more articles by this author , Cornelius H. W. Remie Search for more articles by this author , Eric Abella Roth Search for more articles by this author , and George W. 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