Invisible men: Evolutionary theory and attractiveness and personality evaluations of 10 African American male facial shapes

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 477-488

  Wade, T Joel ^a   Dyckman, Kara Abad ^a   Cooper, Marjorie ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American male beauty; Evolutionary theory; Facial attractiveness; Facial shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844472185     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798403260726     Document Type: Article

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