The formation of status hierarchies in leaderless groups: The role of male waist-to-hip ratio

Human Nature

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 345-362

  Campbell, Lorne ^a   Simpson, Jeffry A ^b   Stewart, Mark ^b   Manning, John G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Intrasexual competition; Leadership; Social dominance; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036393225     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-002-1019-0     Document Type: Article

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