Facial attractiveness and species recognition: An elementary deduction?

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-237

  Cellerino, Alessandro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Extreme traits; Human face; Neanderthal; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

SEXUAL SELECTION;

HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0036816420     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2002.9522742     Document Type: Article

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