Do babies resemble their fathers more than their mothers? A failure to replicate Christenfeld and Hill (1995)

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-135

  Brédart, Serge ^a   French, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extrapair copulation; Facial resemblance; Father child resemblance; Kin recognition; Monogamy; Parent child resemblance; Paternity confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000246210     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(98)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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