The Establishment and Maintenance of Socially Imposed Monogamy in Western Europe
Kevin MacDonald 3

Commentaries

Wanting Women Isn't New; Getting Them Is—Very
Laura Betzig 24

Behavioral Ecology, Levels of Analysis, and the Generation of History: A Critique of MacDonald
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder 26

Law and Monogamy: A Troubled Relationship
James A. Brundage 27

Christianity and Socially Imposed Monogamy: An Incomplete Explanation
Ulrich Mueller 29

Redeeming Medieval Man
Frank Kemp Salter 31

Political Processes and the Anomaly of Socially Imposed Monogamy
John M. Strate 34

Indeterminacy and Multiple ESSs in Evolutionary Theory
David Sloan Wilson 36

Response

Focusing on the Group: Further Issues Related to Western Monogamy
Kevin MacDonald 38

ARTICLES

Advance Medical Directives in U.S. Hospitals and Nursing Homes: The Implementation and Impact of the Patient Self-Determination Act
Henry R. Glick, Marie E. Cowart, and J. Donald Smith 47

Presidents Preferred Sons
Laura Betzig and Samantha Weber 61

The Emerging Federalism of U.S. Biotechnology Policy
David J. Webber 65

The Size of Societies, Stratification, and Belief in High Gods Supportive of Human Morality
Frans L. Roes 73

COMMENTARY

The Biological Weapons Convention: What Is the Role of Sample Collection in a Legally-Binding Regime?
Alan P. Zelicoff 79

CONTINUING DIALOGUE

Secrecy Still the Best Policy: Donor Insemination in Cameroon
O.M. Njikam Savage 87

UPDATE: VACCINES FOR PEACE

ProCEID—Program for Controlling Emerging Infectious Diseases: Mission Statement
ProCEID Steering Committee 89

PROFILE

The National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction (NABER)
Gladys B. White 93

TEACHING FOCUS

Health Policy in a Surgical Clerkship
Bethany Spielman 97

BOOK REVIEWS

Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos (Garrett Hardin)
Robert V. Bartlett 99

Standard of Care: The Law of American Bioethics (George J. Annas)
Andrea L. Bonnicksen 101

The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America (Mark B. Adams, ed.)
Carl N. Degler 103

Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science (Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt)
John Douard 104

Biotechnology in Public: A Review of Recent Research (John Durant, ed.)
Darryl Macer 106

The Challenge of Anthropology: Old Encounters and New Excursions (Robin Fox)
Michael McGuire 108

Assessing Genetic Risks: Implications for Health and Social Policy (Lori B. Andrews, Jane E. Fullarton, Neil A. Holtzman, and Arno G. Motulsky, eds.)
Isabelle Panisset 109

Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards: A Time for Discourse (Bunyan Bryant and Paul Mohai, eds.)
N. Patrick Peritore 111

Health Politics: Interests and Institutions in Western Europe (Ellen M. Immergut)
B. Guy Peters 113

The Neurotransmitter Revolution: Serotonin, Social Behavior and the Law (Roger D. Masters and Michael T. McGuire, eds.)
J. Philippe Rushton 114

The Social Cage: Human Nature and the Evolution of Society (Alexandra Maryanski and Jonathan H. Turner)
Frank Kemp Salter 116

Element of Risk: The Politics of Radon (Leonard A. Cole)
Denise Scheberle 117

Homo Biologicus: An Evolutionary Model for the Human Sciences (Charles Elworthy)
Zoltán Tagányi 118

Green-Alternative Politics in West Germany, Volume 1: The New Social Movements (Saral Sarkar)
Laurence Thorsen 121

Curing the Crisis: Options for America's Health Care (Michael D. Reagan)
Sarah Trafton 123

Beyond Relativism: Science and Human Values (Roger D. Masters)
Elliott White 124

The Future of Health Policy (Victor R. Fuchs)
David Wilsford 126

RECENT BOOKS AND ARTICLES 129

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 139

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