Why babies look like their daddies: Paternity uncertainty and the evolution of self-deception in evaluating family resemblance

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-118

  Bressan, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confidence of paternity; Evolutionary psychology; Kin recognition; Parental investment; Resemblance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036188482     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-001-0053-y     Document Type: Article

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