Male facial attractiveness: Evidence for hormone-mediated adaptive design

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 251-267

  Johnston, Victor S ^a   Hagel, Rebecca ^a   Franklin, Melissa ^b   Fink, Bernhard ^c   Grammer, Karl ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Hormones; Mate choice; Menstrual cycle; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000209613     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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