Perceived mate fidelity and paternal resemblance predict men's investment in children

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-378

  Apicella, Coren L ^a   Marlowe, Frank W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cues to paternity; Paternal investment; Paternity confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744453193     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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