Women's mating strategies

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 134-143

  Cashdan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aggression; Mate choice; Mating strategies; Sexual selection; Women

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030299768     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1996)5:4<134::AID-EVAN3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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