Facial dominance in Homo sapiens as honest signaling of male quality

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 569-579

  Mueller, Ulrich ^a   Mazur, Allan ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial dominance; Homo sapiens; Honest signaling; Rank; Reproductive success; Status

Indexed keywords

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0031461271     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.5.569     Document Type: Article

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