Stabilizing and directional selection on facial paedomorphosis: Averageness or juvenilization?

Human Nature

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 383-402

  Wehr, Paul ^b   MacDonald, Kevin ^a   Lindner, Rhoda ^a   Yeung, Grace ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Averageness; Facial attractiveness; Paedomorphosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648564     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-001-1004-z     Document Type: Article

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