Mobile phones as lekking devices among human males

Human Nature

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-104

  Lycett, J E ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural ornaments; Male display; Mobile telephones; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034366354     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-000-1004-4     Document Type: Article

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