Student athletes claim to have more sexual partners than other students

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Faurie, Charlotte ^a   Pontier, Dominique ^b   Raymond, Michel ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Fighting; Handedness; Polymorphism; Sexual behavior; Sexual selection; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742289107     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(03)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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