Showing Off, Handicap Signaling, and the Evolution of Men's Work

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 58-67

  Hawkes, Kristen ^a   Bird, Rebecca Bliege ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036253704     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20005     Document Type: Article

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