Evolved sex differences in the number of partners desired? The long and the short of it

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-161

  Pedersen, William C ^a   Miller, Lynn Carol ^a   Putcha Bhagavatula, Anila D ^a   Yang, Yijing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0036515212     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00428     Document Type: Article

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