Hairstyle as an adaptive means of displaying phenotypic quality

Human Nature

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-270

  Mesko, Norbert ^a   Bereczkei, Tamas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Good genes model; Hairstyles; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244296818     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-004-1008-6     Document Type: Review

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